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Nevada City Nu gget
Thinking
Out Loud
COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA
= VoL 2, No. 36.
H. M. L.
The old American
discard. The ‘“‘mandalte”’ given Presi
‘dent Roosevelt in 1936 did not realfar.
Here
in
MONDAY
MAY
, 2, 1938.
The Gold Center
ROTARY CLUB SUPPLIES
FORMER NEVADA CITY PHONE CO.
HISTORY OF
NEVADA
CO.
AID
CARS NATIVE DAUGHTERS
TO
GIRL SOLOIST IN SACTO.
EARLY DAY
FOR NEEDY GAINS
SHOW BEST WAY
MAIL HEARD
81.8 PER CENT
IN RURAL LINES
rule of major
ities has not* yet been cast into the
ly extend ‘that
'
NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA
The County Seat Paper
From the Californian,
March 15, 1848:
The Liberty of the Press consists
in the right to publish the Truth,
wi
th good motives and for justifi able ends. —-. Alexander Hamil0u
Nevada
The Nevada City Rotary club yessupplied eight cars for the
Hermine Gaylord of Sacra-.
mento ,yniece of Miss ‘Minnie Brand,
majorities. The Mine Workers Prouse of
delegavibes
to
the
Native
Daughters Past *Presiden:s’ conve
will appear before the Adult Music-.
teetive League plus an overwhelming
n.
; ‘tion which was held
majority of home owners and busial’
Association of Sacramento, Wed-.
in Grass Valley .
.
. . nesday evening as a VO6cal soloist.
ness men, have over-ruled an obstrepAmong. the interesting facts given . Saturday and Sunday.
About fifty .
Aid to
She will sing three songs, one in
he needy aged, blind, or.
erous and péstiferous minority who in an Historical Talk at the Conven. ae legates took the trip up the
E. E. Hoss, local manager for The
Tahoe}
°
.
phans
English
other
unsmployables,
and
in
.
,
one
are being led, abetted and assisted tion of Past Presidents last Satur-. Ukiah highway.
in
Pacific
French,
and
Telephone
and
Telegraph
one in
Sixteen delegates
Nevada county increased 81.8 per . German and one in English,
. went on the tour in a bus.
by powerful
-communist
organizaday in Grass Valley was the:
. }
company,
announced
today
that the
.
cent in num'ber of cases aided be-.
Miss Gaylard is reputed to have a company is bringing to Grass Valley
tions.
HISTORY OF THE MAIL IN
tween February, 1937, and February
. very sweet voice and is a pupil of . this week. a special demonstration
EARLY DAYS
19 538, according to.a study Ser 2urity . Madame Fisher.
iunit, to show rural telephone users
In our pioneer days the letters .
for Unemployables,’”’ recently made)
. who own and maintain
If matters came to-such a pass that from home were few and far between .
‘their own
public by California Taxpayers’ as:.
state militia were ordered to mainand seemed the most important as-.
telephone lines the best methods of
sociation. The total number of cases}
tain a peace here, it would at least set to the contentment of our gold
. Constructing and mainitaining their
aidéd in ithe county went from 297
.
have this effect: It would be another miners. In the ‘first two years of tha! :
telephone linesand equipment.
in.February 1937 to 540 in February
danger signal flashing fnom CaliforGold Rush,
Hoss described the unit as being a
letters ‘from
“home”
ENS, mas? he association stated.
The
nia to tthe man in the White House were in most. cases addressed to-Sacrural telephone clinic, where farm
number of needy aged persons rethat his Wagner. Labor act
not ramento and it was no uncommon ocline telephone users could bring their
Justus _F, Orn sian, ehairman of ceiving aid increased 105.1 per cent;
working very well. The more of these currence for an agent to journey to.
telephone instruments for free in=
The Nevada City Chamber of Com.
. 2
from 175 to 359 during the
ene
S
danger signals !that flash from the that ciity over roads heavy with mud .
re,
.
spection and minor repairs, and ob=
th
Republican
tate Commit u
will .
blind persons
aided
went merce will jmeet tomorrow (TuesI tain from competent advisors helpUnited States map, the more likely and ‘beset by danger of robbery icarbe the guest of Nevada County next . period;
'
99
from
9
3
.
tO
E25
cof
cent
inday) evening in the city hall to dis. ful information regarding the mainoo.
Monda
a
per
y,
Arrangements are being .
Congress will take note thereof and rying a list of from one to two hund-.
crease;
orphans
aided
went
. /made
from
61 cuss plans for the Fourth of July . teniance of their lines and telephone
by
Paul
the greater the hope for an amendred names ifor the mail of the minUlrich
of Chicago
Park, -county Republican committee ‘to 108, or a 67.2 per cent increase; celebration Which this year will be . equipment.
ed, or a new labor act that will realers,
held. here in conjunction with Grass
ly bring industrial peace,
The trip required a full day which. chairman, for a big dinner in ‘his While the number of indigent unem.
The
demonstration © will be held
Valley. There will also be a discusses
plovabl
52
wen: from
to G7 Ora
can now lbe made in a couple of hours . honor at Bret Harte Inn, at 7 o'clock
. Thursday,
Friday
and
Saturday,
28.8 per cent increase, the associaion of Airmail Week, which begins
. next Monday evening, May 9. Justu
. May 5, 6, and 7, in the Telephone
in safety and comfort.
s
on May. 15.
tion found.
. Crac mer is one of the outstandin
As matters stand today there is
In those times letters
. Central Office,.114 West Main street,
g
were
-not
ler ass Valley. Visiting hours will be
every prospect 'that with spring weaprepaid. A sort of C. O. D. method . editors of California. He is owner of
WS,
Be
lfrom 9 a.
ther coming on, making possible an and even for two years subsesuent to. t he Or angege
. to 5 p. m, and all rural
Daily News,
a newspaper
. that has been one of
TT
.
intensified struggle for control bethe prespayment law:
users
will be welcomed,
the
most
letters
sucWere!
.
. cessful in the state. Tickets to the
tween the AF of L and the CIO, the dropper without
Hoss said,
stamps,
terday
County we still adhere tto the rule of
STATHE
E ADOF
REPUBLICAN
CHAMBER MEETS
TO PLAN FOURTH
PARTY COMING
causing .
battle
will
this
summer
giganitic proportions.
Bridges,
or
ever
is shis
result
of
Harry
right
labor
assume
Even
Dorgan(
name),
wars
this
Harry
in
the
mining
inconvenience to
receiver (alike, ‘laaying
fears
the
summer.
industry,
Starting with a No. 1 unilt in Illinois.
This is carrying the war into the CIO
camp with a vengeance.
sender
and
disappointt
dinner
in
of Justus
honor
Craemer
are on sale at the ‘Nevada City Nugget office.
A committee (consisting of
Ralph Deeble, Ed Uren, ‘Myers
friends at home awaiting news.
MobOur ‘first postage stamps iwere not ley and H. M. Leete has been named
perforated, requiring a shears to defor Nevada City. Loyal Freeman is
tach the stamps and the first perchairman of the committee ito sell
forated articles were.issued in L857, tickets in Grass Valley.
whichment in
The AF of L is now planning a great
enrollment
much
its . trail
and
worry
to
by a ‘process borrowed from England,
and which were obviously a great
convenience.
Mioney
orders
went
into
eéffect
When John L. Lewis first intiatea January 1, 1866: Fight cities in the
his movement, it was wilth the avowstate ‘were permitted to issue them,
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
AGAINREELECTED
GRAM
RESNER VILIFIES ‘ BENEFITFOR PRO
SCHOOL LIBRARY
GOV. MERRIAM
On Friday evening, May 6, the Nevada City elementary school will pre
sent ‘The Festival of the Seasons.”
SACRAMENTO, (May “a9 2.—Governor
Merriam was called “one of the dirtiest, lowest politicians to ever hold
by Herbert Resner, CIO atadults and 10c for children.
torney, at a United Front May day:
clubhouse
vice
because
tion
or
to
FISHERMEN OUT IN
SPITE OF BAD WEATHER
last
approximately
300. unionists and their families.
“Tt is the job of labor’s non-partisan league tto drive that dirty, re
line telephone users who
experiencing ‘Unsatisfactory serof poor
faulty
line
telephone
construecequipment
All grades will participate in this are invited ‘to consult with our exprogram, a benefit for the school liperts during
‘this
demonstration,”
brary.
Tickets will sell at 25c for} said Hoss. ‘‘These men will be glad
olifice’’
meeiing in Tuesday
Might, attended Itby
“Parm
are
test
instrumenits
examintion,
make
brought
in
minor
adjust
for
ments without charge and make out
a report for each case detailing maj
or repairs and replacemen's if needed.
We
hope
that
farm
line
users
will take advantage of this opporSeveral local fishermen came in tunity during the
three days the
with fine caches of trout Sunday, demonstration will be in Grass Val-—
May first. The cold rain which soak. ley.”’
ed the grass and brush made it hara.
actionary gang out of ‘the state capitol four months from now,’’ Resner
A. Carat incumbent, 321.
said in asking for both CIO and AFL
course he had the approval: of a maiorder ‘but our newspapers do not tell votes) and Thomas Richards (invotes against the present state adority or disinterested Angerican citwho won that race. The first one paid cumbent 304 votes), were re--elected
.
Ministrattion.
on the ‘fishermen, nearly all of them .
izens. But the trouble wilth organizby this office was issued at Marysas Nevada City school trustees at the
The speaker praised the action of returnin
g home soaking wet and the.
ing the unorganized workers is that ville. The project became very popuelection held Saturday. Curnow and
‘the United States supreme court in cloudy
day was not particularly good .
generally speaking only a small prolar, Outside towns could send apRichards were the only names on the
upholding the Wagner act, asserting for fishing
either.
portion of them were in the skilled plications for orders by stage drivballot. There were three write ins.
that this was the first “big break”
So far Frank Ghidotti seems to .
labor class. Unskilled. labor income ers-andemxpress agents. Internation. H. H. Holbrook receiving the largTuesday, thechink @
school will presiavior had had in years. The court is lead the local
est number of write in votes, namel
men having caught 20)
is comparatively smaill and the reyal orders were established 1871.
y
ent “‘back ‘to school night” for any
now swinging to the left and “‘it is while
19. A total of 333 votes were
another of
his
party
Dick!; One who ‘wishes to come and visit
enue to be derived by labor leaders
cast,
PATRIOTISM
the
. our job to keep theme there,” the atLane,
caught
the
larges
14, The ‘party was soak. school. Mr Kjorlie
t
vote
at
a
from such organizations is relatively
schoo
l
electi
on
‘times
early
the
During
cordially invites
little .
. torney said.
ing wet when they returned home.
small. So Lewis proceeded to ‘‘muscthought was given to aught but gold}. in many years.
anyone who is interested. There will
He said ithat recent asserted vigilbut happy
over their fine trout.
le in’? among unions already afilliatmining. When t he rumble of war was.
also ‘be a’program and dedication
antism in Nevada county was ‘‘as bad .
Joe Wilhoite and party fished in
ed with AF wf L of independent uniheard our citizens were riotous with ; the local poyers who
‘service. A definite program has not
adopted
the . if not worse’ than
disorders in
Har-. Scotts Flat dam, Joe brought in five
. idea which took like wildfire. Each
ous of skilled workers,’ where the love of country.
been arranged as yet, but it promislan county, Kentucky and the Revaa.
trout.
revenue for his war chést was richer
Flags were raised in all sections year, on the last day of school bees to be of interest to all town peolic steel riots in the midwes;i.
\John Ghidotti,\Sr., veteran sportsple.
and larger. The ‘“‘muscle in” tactics of the district, each location vieing;‘fore the Christmas vacation the chil:
John McCorkle presided at the
mah about 80 years of age, was out
in Nevada County is a fair samrle with ‘the other for a larger flag or q. dren carry out the plan by forming a
meeting, at which ‘other speakers .
briughtand early yesterday morning
MOTHERS TO BE GUESTS
of national tactics, and, owing to the longer pole. The first flag raised in . parade, headed ‘by a band and as
were: John T.
Dudley,
local
CIO
ahead
olf (ost of the youngsters, but .
solidarity between the ‘independent Nevada City was flung from a tal} . they Dass through the business discouncil ‘secretary; Elaine Black of
A week from today the Classes of
he did not have very good luck.
union here and the rank and file of ‘pine, skinned and trimmed in readi-. trict, merchants join
in,
delivery the International
Labor Defense and
Erick Child3\and party fished at . 1938 J,une and December will enthe citizens, the attempt here has ness then no one could be found to. trucks follow, collectors pass through
Charles Bingman, president of the
the DrumForebays Erick caught six}. tertain ithe «mothers of the Mt. St.
proved thus far a notable flop.
climb the slippery (pole. Some days! the groups of spectators and the genSacramento CIO council.
of
Grass
of the 14 trout. All were fine fish, . Mary’s Business College
later a sailor came to town and of. eral result is passed on to the Beneone measuring 14 inches. He stated . Valley. All the mothers of the stuLittle strawis. in the wind point to fered to do the
Society
who distribute it
job. He scaled the Event
Streams along the highways ‘were dents will attend and be accorded
a financial disintegration
of
the tree, affixed ‘the halyar
ds amid the . where it is needed without ostentalined
with fishermen, almost all of many favors and a delightful proCIO. A report issued from the Washcheers of the crowd,
tion
or
Knowledge
of the publie in
came
dow n,
them
gram. Milton Fisher of Grass Vatley
ington
headquarters,
a
‘building passed his hat, receiv
wearing slickers,
ing fifty dolgeneral,
is
the chairman iof the program. The
which cost the members Qf the CIO lars or more in gold
Captain
A.
H.
Willard
of
the
fish.
Thus has this generous thought of
dust,
‘Business
College Chorus will sing
a half million dollars, states that
and
game
commission,
was
in
the
The women made flags, scraped Others become a tradition in Nevada
Holmes Funeral Home received a
Mothers’
Day” numbers. Todd BonTruckee
cash in the treasury has dwindled line for bandages amd earned
river
area
yesterday
and
County
and
‘the lessons it teaches is call from :Mrs.
money
Cecil Hegarty this
anporie
Robson,
Mlargaret
to $17,000. This is in ludricous confor the sanitary fund.
stated
fishing
was
not
up
to
par,
but
a
monument
to
the
woman
One social
who afternoon from Sacramento
requesttrast to the claim of 4,000,000 memnetted twelve hundred dollars
nearly’all fish caught were large ones Stevens land many other Nevada City
founded
it—a
monument
to
perpet. The
ing them to return the remains of
bers. Locally Al Garesio hias gone on miners were very genero
weighing from one pound to seven. students will take part in ithe specus with the uate the memory of a pioneer.
the late Cecil Hegarty to Nevada
relief, even though it was reported dust.
The
river was high and muddy beThe speaker told of the wonderCity. It is
stated he passed away yeshe was recenving miner’s wages for
low
the
junction of Martis creek but
Mr.:0, P. Stiger, publisher of the ful frog breakifast in this
city
in terday afternoon.
his duties as financial secretary of San Juan Times
above
this
the water was more nearwas. beyond the 1871 given by Wm. Watt. to pay an
He is the son of Mrs: Rose
ed intention of organizing the unorNevada City being one of them. There!
ganized. So long as he followed that was a great rush to fbuy the first
“BACK TO SCHOOL
NIGHT” IS MAY 3
CECIL HEGARTY PASSES
ON IN SACRAMENTO
the local CIO communist. unit. The draft )age andadvert
ised that he election debt to Wm. Hamilton.
process server in the nearly two bilwould pay $100 for
Mr. 'Watts favorite was Governor
a substitute in
lion dollar suit had to be hired by the the war.
Haight, Mr. Hamilton’s, Mr. Booth.
CIO on a per diem basis because the
There
were
several
responses. The invitations and bill of fare were
CIO could not afford to pay a deputy Other newspa
pers ‘“‘razzed’”’ him, askof white satin printed in red and
U. S. marshall the usual fee of one ing iif the substit
ute was killed would each invitation was accomparded by
dollar per service. Some months ago, he or Stidger be buried
and if proa cortoon of Robert ‘Watt, state conJohn L. Lewis cut his staff of namotion was ‘made
would Stidger or troller of that date. He held in his
tional organizers in half in order to the proxy receive the
emoluments of hand a bottle labeled “I Haight to
economize. Last week the Associatofifiice.
tell but then TI must.”
ed Press reported that eastern inThe fedst was composed of all the
One young man, Leonard Curtis
dustrial planits were being picketed
of Watsonville answered the ad, and delicacies of the season, even ‘the
to collect not only CIO dues but to
gave his height as 7 feet, 7 inches. Eastern states being called upon for
force non-union workers to enroll in
As 'the ‘position had been filled Stidcontributions’ to the menu.
the CIO. This of course, is a flagrant
The’ finest wines were served, the
ger advised him to enlist as a regiviolation of the Wagner act. All these
piece de resistance being (frogs legs.
mental flag staff.
“are straws in the wind, showing that
Mr. Lewis, in his battle for supremacy in American labor, is running
shy of ammunition.
Elections were not by secret bal
lot. One party in the election of 1864
had a green ‘ballot
with
a
white
shield: on it. Another a white one
decorated with their spread eagle.
If labor wars, between CIO and
Voters Game to, the polls with their
AF of L, and also with a large numvotes in their hands, some groups
ber of independent unions, break out
escort
this summer, the effect on congress
ional elections will be of enormous
© importance. The third party public
ed ‘by a brass ‘band, some sent
in by employers in jwagons or pack
train. Many Nevada County citizens
achieved fame nationally or interna
is sick and disgusted at being shovtionally. Such men as A, A. Sargent,
ed around. The ballot box is an imAlonzo Delano, William Stewart, but
mediate remedy,
The LaFollettes probab
ly the woman who ‘founded
have organized
a
Liberal
party our Donation -Day
‘has done more
which assumes to carry forward the
permanent good for the welfare of
Roosexelt, policies or even to enlarge
upon
them,
the
Against this party
it
should be possible for conservatives
and moderates to unite for the same
decisive result which attended the
defeat of the Bull Moose ‘party
and
immediate
community
and
for
humanity in general.
Caroline Hanson, as she sat in her
invalid chair watching theschool
children pass, bethought of tthe plan
for each child to bring a
stick
of
“Old Bob” La Follette’s excursion
inwood and a potato for the less for-to the third party field.
a4
tunate. She made the suggestion to
Guests sat down at 10 a. m. and arose
at dark.
;
=
.
BIRTH DAYSIIll
==
Send a Greetia 9
” to Your Friends. 8
=")
Mage
ae ae
MARGARET PHARISS
East Broad Street
May 5, 1938
R. H. STEPHENS
Boulder Street
May 7, 1988
REISE HODGE
West Broad Street
May 9, 19388
JOSEPH PARIS
Grass Valley
Hegly normal and clear.
arty of Concord and the late George
Fish planting will
Hegarty and was about 33 years of
age. He was a native of this city and
his passing away came as a shock
the community in which he was reared.
Young Hegarty is survived by a
and child, a brother,
Walter
Hegarty, mother, Mrs. Rose Hegarty;
start
about
July first and rainbow trout are just
hatching in the hatcheries.
aprons
HANGTOWN HAS
BIG INITIATIC
OF CLAMPERS
ASSISTANTS TO FISH AND GAME
HEAD
wife
Two men, William
Eugene Durney,
LaMar
and
have been assigned
PLAICERVILILE, May 2. — Adam
aunt, Mrs. Lon Paine and. grandto the Nevada ‘City area to act unLee Moore, 92, a charter member of
107,433,
mother, Mrs. Waldorn of Walrath der Captain of the Fish and Game Sierra City Chapter, No.
and present grand ‘clampatriarch of
Avenue, the latter two of this city.
Commission, A. H. Willard. These
the Order of E Clampus Vitus asmen will arrive today and make their
CRUSADER AWARD
IS ANNOUNCED
SAN FRANCISCO, May
9
rs
public
aker’s parent Mr. and Mrs: R, Lamb
of Orland.
Alt 3 p. m. the serenity of the town
was broken by the violent blare of
trumpets, the firing of ancient muskets, and’ the shouts
TOWNSEND CLUB MEET ©
speaking
contest and wiih it a trip to Hawaii,
before a capacity audience in the
Veterans War Memorial building, San
Francisco, last Friday evening, April
sisted by Edgar Jessup, noble grand
Humbug of Yerba Buena Chapter No.
flying squad and can be assigned
1 and other grand officers Saturday
quickly to work that
occurs
from
assisted twenty five initiates organtime to time.
izing in the newly formed James W.
‘Marshal
Chapter No. 49, of PlacérMr. and Mrs. Clayton Whitaker
ville.
2.—Richhad as week end guests Mrs. Whit
ard Egan,
junior
student
of
St.
Ignatius high school, San Francisco won. the championship of the Cali
fornia Crusaders’
home in this city. They will act’as a
of
initiates
dragging billy goats in a parade down
Townsend clubs held a big meeting Main
last
ial
night in, the Veterans Memorauditorium
.in
Grass
Valley.
street.
Upon the arrival:
at the
Raffles
Hotel from the Ivy House the ¢eaval
Judge M. C. Summers delivered an cade of motley ’49ers paused to hark
29. ‘The subject: was ‘‘American Citaddress on old-age pensions and socto the dedication address to Dr. Rosizenship and what. it means to me.”
ial security. A fine musical program coe Clark of Sacramento, who un
Second
place
was
won by
John
Reidenbach of Oakland high school,
who was awarded
a
vacation
at
Camp Curry in Yosemite Valley. Willis Rosser of Sequoia high
school,
veiled a bronze plaque in memory
was also enjoyed.
SEWING MEET THURSDAY
(Members, of St.
Agnes Guild
of Hank Monk, famous stage coach
driver of the fifties,
Among the dignitaries to assist. the —
of local group in the chapter formation
Redwood City,
won third place which Trinity church will hold a “sewing”
were Harold Holmes
anrgd nobe re
carries with it a vacation at Soda meeting on Thursday
, May 5th, at corder; Dr. Charles Camp of
the
Ur
Springs. Honorable mention was acthe home of the residen
t. Mrs. E. versity of California, vice
noble
corded Jessee. Franklin of Oroville
M. Rettor. All members are POntiatly bug,and PrMfessor vV.
union high school.
ty ‘invited to ibe present.
;
:
and Ronald L.
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