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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

May 21, 1928 (6 pages)

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& Get et_Your Home Pristted Stationery at The he Nugget THE NUGGET PAGE OF MINING NWS NEW QUARTZ Mi MILL PUT OUT BY SISKIYOU MEN, It will be of more than passing interest to mining men to know that ; maill ; there is 1. new type of quartz on the market, following the installation of two mills in Siskiyou count. They are said to be successful as ‘well as economical. They are of the drum type, relined on the inside with steel reliners. The crushing is done bv loose rods inside the drums. The feed is through the trunnion bearing at one end of the mill while the discharge isth rough classifier “ heads with screens which automatically return the coarse material for recrushing. The discharge is on one end for the mills of two ton capacity while there is a double discharge fort hose of the larger type..Amalgamation is used on the inside of the inill with regulation plates below the mill to recover the amalgam. FREY, MINING MAN TGOK OWN LIFE RECENTLY Frederick Charles Frey, at one time superintendt of the Twin Sister mine at Snow Point, cominitted suicide recently at his lonely cabin on Black Mountain in Sonoma County, according to the Healdsburg Tribune. He had been missing from his home since his three children had returned from a shopping tour. Mental depression over his ill health is said to have been the motive for the rash act. An opera singer says that no woman -is worth loving until she is thirty. Maybe not, but how is one to tell when she is thirty? a Yankeeland: A district where the first robin means spring. Dixis: A district where the first robin means pie.—Fixchange. There are three kinds of Those who know they are making a good impression, those who think they are, and those who wonder if they are, One little girl wants to know how manv faes Santa Claus has, anyway! Poor little thing ‘doesn’t know yet they come in dozens and by the fross. If the meek ever inherit the earth it will not be till after the coal, oil and timber have been removed. girls: “Don’t shoot,’’ they say in Chieazo, ‘‘until you see the. color of their tickets.” Some bridge hands are played with One dummy and three dumb-bells. It is said thatp hysicians live longer than the average person. ly because they seldom take medieine. Generally the more the less they talk, and thiso bservation applies with peculiar force to Teapot Dome witnesses. “Dynamite found in Chiecaso home of powerful liquor man.’ Leaving us in doubt as to which was powerful —the liquor or the man? Thev say that the Democratic party will present a unified front this year. Now it only remains suade the front and back to travel in the same direction. A diet of raw turnips is reported to be a good way to reduce weight. The idea is that rether thane at raw turnips trick is done. Communists recently denounced the socialist paity in America as not radical anough. Victor Bers Seems to be in a delicate It is too red for pink for the reds. Women of the Thirteen club in New York held a banquet on Friday the thirteenth. To show their lack of superstition, they , smashed mirrors, walked under ladders to the table, sat under o;en umbrellas and spilled the salt. But they didn’t invite any mice into the dining room. The read hoe is usually one to squeal. A woman says doesn’t want her husband cured from talking in his sleep, but she would like to give him something that would make him talk a little plainer. people know to. perger’s party situation. the pinks and too the first she PINK BENTONITE FOUND NORTH OF RANDSBURG discovery near ed almost a’ stampede to the discovery. Dave Staats, old time metal prospector of the great desert, in tooking over Black Mountain district. found an outcropping of what. appeared to be the much wanted filtering clay so earnestly sought for by the leading oil companies. Samples first brought pects of finding a stake looked far off.@. S. Mahood of Osdick after listening to Dave’s hard luck tale, offered to provide the’ grubstake, whereupon Staats lost no time in going back, working steadilyand alone. clay matter ledge showing pink bentonite. Returning to Osdick, a camp outfit and a crew were Sent out with Staats. Randsburg Miner MINING IS BACKBONE OF PROGRESS SAID RHODES Cecil Rhodes, famous’ English statesman and colonizer, built rhe empire of South Africa on the foundation of mining. Here is what he said of mining and its influence on humanity: “Mining has been the foundation o fthe world’s wealth from the beginning of time. The governments rich in minerals have always been the richest and strongest governments on the earth. “Mining is the only business o this earth that increases the wealth of the world without the rights of others. The man whe produees gold, silver and copper ‘is creating the raw material of money; every strike of his pick adds to the wealth of every man’s business in the world.”’ If mushy sopranos and _ bawling baritones were eliminated from radic musical programs and preference giy en the violin and piano, many listeners with sensitive ears would count themselves fortunate. One thing about airplanes: They cannot suddenly back out of a center parking space. A venerable cld Scot purchased a little radio set, and a few days late: his friends asked him how he likes it. ‘“‘Well, it’s-ad richt to listen to,” he replied, ‘‘but those bulbs are nae Possib! you will eat nothing, and the so guid to read by. Definition of a vampire—a irl pver three months old, j A fellow danced .100 hours. ::9t long Brazil. Must have been one of those Brazil nuts. May we all live long and prosper. Sure a nicesentiment, but one is im‘possible without the other. who let other do their them usually pay a stiff the servie. ago in Persons thinging for price for . It will be hard for back seat drivers to get themselves heard in airplanes. Italy is the only country in ¢he world where a duce will takea king. Ags Siall Boy Saw lt It 1s well to be sure that your child knows wherein he lies, otherwise your punishment or your admonition is likely to go ustruy. — Ellis Parker Butler toid a charming story ilNustrating this in the Delineator.” A child wus being asked where a piece of cake hud goue, To the amazement of his questioner he replicd with a_ tale about a “nocernoss” that had flown in at the window and eaten the cake. His father, coming home that night, took matters into his own hands; he lectured the child on the sin of telling steries that were not true, and accompanied this lecture with a dis. scrtation on the habits and ~ limitations of rhinocereses., The child was
tLen spanked and put bed. Presently the father climbed the stairs to see whether his little boy was repentant. “Why were you spanked?” “’Cauce nocerosses ¢an’t fly,” _ the answer. . 1 eae [ofe oeafer tere rtenfe oe sfeste rfc ater fe ferferterfe Bester Aoihelefegerterferotesfererte here teoferte De Piet SCHUMITE PLASTER WALL BOARD A new Carload just received. Nothing better for remodeling Can be painted, tinted or papered. Our prices are <ight Any building material can be supplied at a moment's notice THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY Phone 42 : a Se o ie. PA =e Sater Grass Valley x infringing ,ow Samples of pink nk Gay brought to, Randsburg last week from the new . Terrace Siding, 19, miles north of Randsburg, has caus. new . ' in Wonderland.’ in did not leave . much of an impression and the pros-_ He trenched and exposed 60 feet of . seven feet of this big; he asked. . 3 came Failed to Appreciate “Alice in Wonderland” All those who have been famous in . : ' {fmayginative work for children -were children—spoilt children—themsel ves, asserts Harry Furniss in his book, “Some Victerian Women.* Mr. lurniss, a famous Punch artist, says that “Hans Andersen cried at the tuble if he was not helped first, and was not given more jam on hig bread than any one else.” Lewis Carroll’s childishness was of a -different kind; erary egotism, “It was-his habit to watch the children of well-to-du people on-the sands at Eastbourne and then, witheut disclosing his identity, present those he admired most with a copy of ‘Alice Subsequently he formally called on the parents. hen came the moment at which the Rev. C. L. Dodgson informed the grateful parent that he was ‘Lewis Carroll,’ the effect being magical and Carroll's delight immense. : “Hewever, one day, the dignified lady whose little daughter had been the recipient of a beautifully bound cepy of ‘Alice,’ by the strange, uncanny clergyman, remarked: “Oh, you are the writer: of those Tubbishy books, are you? Well, perhis was pure lit~~ THE NEVADA ¢ CITY. NUGGET, CALIF ORNIA _MONDAY, MAY 21, 1928 a you muy like to. ‘eniow that + . threw the book you gave my daughter away—I certainly could never dream of her poisoning her mind with such as that!” ! . Mother Sheep Must Have Jumped Fence There is a common expression, “stupid as a sheep,” but this is not entirely just, for the: sheep displays surprising intelligence when its maternal instincts are aroused. Recently a shepherd was startled . and frantic. bleating . by the sudden of a-sheep outside his door. outside, he found one of flock, which immediately led him to the grazing pasture. Here he had to open the gate to let the sheep into the field. She led him to a spot where he found her lamb with its head firmly wedged in a hedge. It was apparent that she had made frantic attempts to free her. baby, and failing had gone to the shepherd’s home for help. He freed the lamb, none the worse for its adventure, but has never disGoing covered how the mother sheep got out~ of the field, which wus so well fenced that at no point could he find a gap.— London Tit-Bits. . : Plan Adopted ‘Adventure’ Only for Man Physically Fit I find that wost people think of “adventure” when the-word “exploration” is used. To the explorer, however, adventure is merely an unsvelcome interruption of his serious labors.He is looking, not for thriils, but for facts about the unknown, Ofien bis search is a race with time against stirvation. To him, an adventure ts merely a bit ef bad planning, by the test of trial. Or it is unfortunate exemplification of the faet that.no man can grasp all the possibilities of the future. his own: Serious Work in exploration calls for as definite and as rigorous professivnal preparation as does -suecess in any ether serious work in life. The first qualification of an explorer ts a sound and trained body. Exploring involves the hardest kind of physical exertion, and the capacity. to endure such exertion under stress both for long periods of sustained endeavor and in the trying moments of eniergeney. How preposterous, then, it is for men who have lived at desks te maturity suddenly to attempt these arduous enterprises! — Roald Amundsen. in World’s Work, NEW BUILDING 1.8 NOW POSSIBLE FOR ST. PATRICK'S ORPHANAGE in Other States GENERAL CHAIRMAN—George L. Jones. NEVADA CITY COMMITTEE—S. Lee Leiter, Chairman; ; Cassidy, P. G. Scadden, George L. Jones, T. W. Richards. GRASS VALLEY COMMITTEE—W. D. Paynter, Chairman; A. H. Mooser, J. E. Gooding, C. E. Clinch, Ray Pengaii @ You do not give anything How You Can Help Build St. Patrick’s Orphanage This advertisement is contributed by the Citizens Committee brought to light . ithe dog for barking. ‘looks of the thing, Leading Business Men of Nevada County Unanimously Adopt Plan Rebuilding and F inancing Grass Valley Orphanage Following a Thorough Investigation of the FE. . Every public spirited citizen is expected to jcm with the above committees in assuring the rebuilding of St. Patricks in Nevada County. The plan as adopted is not a tax nor a contribution on anyone joining in this movement. It is a concerted movement on the part of the people of Northern California including the entire Diocese of Sacramento. The plan is underwritten by a substantial old-line legal reserve Life Insurance Company and will eliminate all drives for funds to rebuild St. Patricks. You lend your support by taking a combined life and savings policy and you get-fullv alue received. The company will reserve and pay on every $1,000 policy the sum of $10.30 annually for fifteen consecutive years—that you keep your policy in force, without in the least impairing the value to you or your beneficiary. There will be many policies taken by public spirited citizens in Nevada . County and the committee urge you to act promptly and notify any . one of them if you desire to join in this movement of local interest, and a representative will call and give you full details. This is your opportunity to testify as to sites desire in cabniiliis and assuring the retention of this most worthy institution in Nevada ‘County. BITS OF. HUMOR In a headline, a Newark (N. J.) paper asks “How much does public care about clean politics?”’I n answer the Detroit News remarks, “No one can say. But it would be interesting to try them once, and see.’ It is estimated that 87 per cent of the statues are erected to men once called cranks. Don’t grow! all day and then kick Prohibition may some day be settled, but never the arguments. The cowboy who fell out of bed and broke his leg should hereafter discard his spurs’ before retiring. Spurs are of no use when riding a nightmare. : Habitual silence isn’t proof of wisdom unless he is a married man. The ideal summer resort is where mosquitoes the fish bite and the don’t. The onlooker says, if for only the let us whine aslittle as possible. : A Caravan a day will gas business pay. make the