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Vol. VIII, No. 57 The County Seat Paper The GOLD Center MONDAY, MAY, 28, 1934
Foreign War
To. Direct
All who aré to take part in the
parade on Mémorial Day, are requested to be-at the Armory Hall
at 10 o’clock sharp. The parade
will probably form up the street
further, but this will be used for
a. meeting -place-—-The line of
march will be as follows: Down
Broad street to the Plaza, thence
Boulder “to the Pine Grove
cemetery.
The formation will be as follows: Capt. Blake of the State
Highway Patrol leading, Massea
Colors and Guard, Firing Squad,
Grass Valley high school band,
followed by the Gold Star Moth‘ers and special. guest in cars.
Then the various Veteran Posts
and their Auxiliaries and the C.
G; CC; men. © This: will comprise
the first section.
The second section will be as
follows: Nevada City high school
band, followed by the Boy Scouts
and their colors and the various
schools.
After: arriving at the cemetery
the following program will be
rendered;
Assembly Call, by bugler.
America, by the audience, accompanied by the Nevada City
high school band,
.
Memorial Day Service’
:
.
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
Veterans
Impressive
tien, by American Legion
Chaplain.
Remarks by Commander fede .
mond of the Veterans of Foreign .
Wars, who will act as Master ot .
Ceremonies. }
Remarks by.Commander Burt-;
ner of the American Legion.
Nevada City high, school
selection.
band
Remarks by Mrs. De Coe, Past}.
National President of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Introduction of Darold D. De
Coe, Past National Commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
principal speaker.
Star Spangled Banner, by the
Nevada City high school band.
Closing Prayer, by Veterans of
Foreign Wars’ Chaplain.
Salute, by firing squad and taps.
Directly following this program,
the firing squad and colors will
be taken to the Catholic cemetery,
where the same program will follow in shorter form.The, high school students will
decorate the graves of two students who died in the World War.
The two students are Ben Hunt
March,William J. Hegarty.
— eerste
‘TOM CAT ADOPTS FOUR
MOTHERLESS CHICKS
tal
This is the short story of a king
Billi-}
.
i hearted Tom cat, named
. kens. He is big and yellow and
l'meliow. He is” the~-pet of Mrs.
iMae Cowles, of Deer Creek who}
. has a fine flock of poultry.
. Last week ae neighbor across)
. Deer Creek lost a mother hen.
. Coon or coyote probably snatched
it. from. this mortal world. The
hen left four orphaned chicks. The
neighbor gave them to Mrs. Cowles, Who expected one of her own
motherly biddies to adopt them.
3ut hens have a curious dislike to
progeny of--other hens. It lookea
as if the newly befeaved chicks
were doomed. The nights are
chilly for young chicks.
In Billikens.
the
He circlmotherless
persuasively, he
caustiously, comThe mothto feel his
stepped
around
chicks purring
circled slowly,
ing closer all the time.
erless chicks began
warmth.
Finally Billikens curled up and
laid down. The chicks snuggled
into his vast furry ‘‘tummy’”’ and
kept warm. And now the four of
them follow him around as though
he was their regular mama. No,
he doesn’t rustle food for them.
Don’t ask too much of a Tom cat.
But he does keep them wam. oO’
nights. ;
ed four
All veterans are asked to wear
dark trousers and white shirts.
VETERANS WILL
FORM PARADE ON
~ MEMORIAL DAY
W Ore
3Zanner Mountain Post, V. F.
Auxiliary, is preparing to assist the
in the.~Memorial Day Veterans parade which starts Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. The marchers
will assemble in front of the Methodist church on Broad street and
march first to Pine Grove cemetery,
where a saluate is to be given, and
then they will proceed to the Catholic cemetery, where war dead will
also be honored.
“The Auxiliary will entertain Mrs.
Darrold DeCoe, of Sacramento, whose
husband is an honored guest of the
Veterans. ;
After the services, the Veterans .
and Auxiliary will go to the Day}
ranch to enjoy a basket lunch in the
grove on the lake side.
The Auxiliary is holding
sale Saturday, June: 9, in
the Alpha Hardware store.
TWO DRUNK DRIVERS
CIVEN JAIL TERMS
\
food
of .
a
front
a .
Four drunken driving cases heard .
Wednesday .
resulted. in the following decisions: .
Carl:
Valley,
intoxt.
in Superior Court last
Curry, of: Grass
charged with driving while
cated, was denied probation and sen.
tenced to four months in the county
Jail:
Mrs. Margaret Nevins-Spagnolly,
of Grass Valley, charged with driv.
ing while under the influence of: in.
was given a
sentence,
toxicating liquor, six
months’ county jail two
months of which she must serve and
the rest to be suspended providing
she leaves the county and does not
return.
Antone Norman, facing a like
charge, pleaded not guilty and askea
for a court trail. The trial was set
by Judge Tuttle for May 29th at 10
o'clock.
Eimer Johnson, a Grass Valley
carpenter, booked on a_ similar
charge, pleaded guilty. and asked for
probation. '
William Lozier,
grand theft, asked that his case be
attorney be apAttorney
charged ' with
continued and an
pointed for.-his defense.
} . ‘ ea
Vernon Stoll, of Grass Valley, was .
appointed. Lozier is charged with
attempting to steal: an automobile
truck. :
blk elt
Rev. H. H. Buckner, of Nevada
City, preached the funeral service of
Mrs. Rena Morgan, in the DownieFINNEGAN NAMES
{ed a meeting tonight in the Chami ber
committees which he has appointed
for the Fourth of July celebration to
be held in Nevada City.
cutive
various committees.
states that he
plans
at this meeting.so that the commitcommittees as appointed. by Mr. Finnegan follow:
Holmes,
FOURTH OF JULY
COMMITTEES
Attorney F. G. Finnegan has _ callof Commerce rooms, of all the
The xeconsists of Mr.
chairmen of the
Mr. Finnegan
expects to have all
the celebration shaped-up ;
Committee
Finnegan and the
for
tees can begin active work. The
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEES
Literary Committee:
Judge Raglan Tuttle, chairman; H.
L. Englebright, R. J. Bennetts, A.M. ;
A. Seaman.
Parade Committee: .
.
.
.
.
Fred Conner, chairman; E. J.Kilroy, Ella M.Austin,. Richard Parsons,
R. N. McCormack, Mrs.
Wm. C. Perry.
Decoration Committee:
IF, Davies,
gE. J--N--Ott2-chairman; William
Sharp, R. L. P. Bigelow, Myers Mobley.
Sports Committee:
Bill Rector, chairman; TL. Elkus,
Ed Baker, Bob Steger, Elmer Fischer, Cliff Merriam.
Music Committee:
Carl Tobiasson,: chairman; H. A.
Curnow, R. W. Rodda, lL. E. Swéeney.
Dance Committee:
Dick chairman; Elma
Hecker, Josephine Genasci, Bernice
Clemo, Mrs. B. W. Hummeldt, Howard Penrose, Roland. Wright; Robert
Tharp.
Vinance Committee:
teorge R. Carter, chairman; Dave
Richards, Tom Richards, E. Schreiber, V. V. Foley.
Publicity Committee:
Mrs. Belle Douglas, chairman; J.
W. O’Neill, Earl Caddy, Harley M.
Leete, Mrs. G. W. Gildersleeve.
Invitation Committee:
Miles D. Coughlin, chairman; Beth
Steger, Dr. C. W. Chapman.
BACCALAUREATE T0 BE
DELIVERED NEXT SUNDAY
Goyne,
own,
WARREN MOOERS
school
TWO ALLEGED
DRUNK DRIVERS
LODGED IN JAIL
Capt. Blake,
trol, last evening arrested two allegThey
Eddie
men alea drunken drivers in one car.
Elmer H. Branch and
of Truckee. The
were
Stewart,
ternated
to Blake,
the other.
on. the grade
highway, about a
Crty ; He found the car
about nine o’clock at night,
rear sticking out into the
came perilously near running
with his new official car.
He asked the mest sober
two to the ear
City, white followed
but as the car
from the bank
cars and
each one was
Blake arrested the
the
mile from
of
with
road
steer
he with
wove
narrowly
often
away
ing
precariously over
other
bankment, he had cause to regret
trusting them for even-that distance.
i Near the edge of the city limits he
affected a change in drivers. The
last driver proved the
tered through
into the
Washington
side court
wrecked the
It was
WW. FE.
ereek before crossing
street bridge.
the house the
against
that
car a
pole. here District
torney
assisted Blake
into the county lockup.
Arraigned this
Judge Walter Mobley, the
at $2,000 ecash: or
bond. In lieu of
remanded to the
sheriff. They will
court for
in steering -the
morning
bail
each set
. 000
both
tody
pear
was
property
men were
of the
in the
liminary
at: ‘40:30 and* 13
ly.Township
of the Highway Paat the wheel and according
worse than
two
Tahoe-Ukiah
Nevada
parked
its
and
into it
of the
into Neyada
his
into and
misshovering
the edge of the emworst. He pit=
streets and nearly ran
the
Alongdriver
telephone
AtWright happend by and
two
before
of
$4,bail
cusapprehearing Thursday. morning
o’clock respectiveWILL HEAD HIGH
STUDENT BODY
City hign
Warren
president for
He received
Audrey Davis was
with 55 Bill Polkinghorn was chosen student body secwith Miss Margery Williams
a-—close second,
Nevada
elected
body
year.
Students in the
this noon
Mooers, student
the
64
runner
school
Miss
next
votes.
up votes.
retary
A forty minute assembly was held
speeches for all the candidates, and!
Mad Dog Bites Kiddies;
be given two little boys of North.San
Juan bitten last week by a dog which
has
suffering from
California laboratories, according to
Friday morning for the purpose of!a veport received from the examin-. are singuarly hard to control and inhearing ine formal nominating . ation this morning, gave ‘positive . finitely dangerous.
Health Officer Warns
_ Of Epidemic Menace
proof that the animal was suffering
Treatment for hydrophobia must
from ‘rabies.
Dr. A. H. Tickell, county health
officer this morning stated that after biting the two boys, the dog conthe Ridge down along
since been proved to have been
rabies. tinued from
eae aes The two children bitten last week! the Downieville highway ~to Grass
The history of Nevada City. high !were the seven year old son of Neal . Valley fighting other dogs in the
school amateur politics was colored . Ennis, and two year old son of Rob-. road. He believe’ it is probable
by an ultra-red letter day last Fri-. ert Stebbins both of North San Juan. that several dogs were bitten and
day. To begin with, excited groups The fangs of the dog slashed the. that an outbreak of rabies in this
gathered every where before school,. younger child across the abdomen,. part of the county is impending. He
at lunch time, and between classes} the left arm and hand,, and cut the!/states that wherever’ possible to
to discuss the relative merits of the} hand of the older boy. identify them, dogs which came in
‘candidates. Never before has a The dog was killed in Grass Val-! contact with the mad animal, will be
student.-body presidency been con-. ley last Friday by Jack Nettle. It’s! destroyed, but warns the public to
tested with such vigor. head was sent to the University of . be particularly careful’ in contacts
with dogs, as rabies once epidemic
to discuss and pass upon a plan of
Mr. “ Kjorlie’s for holding an all
school picnic at Lake Olympia next
Wednesday for those who marched
in the Armistice parade. It was proposed that the school furnish the
marchers food, lemonade, transportation and possibly free swimming.
This picnic would in the future
take the place of all class and orZanization skip days and picnics,
but this year’ the Searchlight and
senior class picnics will be continued.
The plan was diseussed vigorously
and when a.vote was held it won by
a substantial majority. =
Friday noon an election was held
for those candidates who were. nominated at the assembly that morning.
The following is a complete list of
. EMPRESS MINE
IS DEVELOPING
BIG ORE BODY
For some’time crews have been
drifting east and west on the 1,000
BOY DRIVER HITS
PEDESTRIAN BREAKING
BOTH ARMS AND LEGS
Fred Williams, of Truckee, was
brought to the county hospital today suffering from four fractures.
Each arm was broken near the el‘bow and each leg near the knee,
besides cuts and
other parts of the body. Te had
been run down by a boy driving
an automobile. Dr. A. H. Tickell
reduced the fractures and treated
him.
foot level in the Empress mine, in
the Newtown district. The
drift has been holding up well, while
contusions on east.
the drift to the west was on a hanging wall vein six feet wide. After
following the vein for 260 feet, a
new vein was discovered. With the
the candidates:
lor ab Sowa Warren Mooers,
Audrey Davis, Dick Marriot, and Isabel Dunlap.
For Vice-President; Dick Stevens.
For Secretary; Bill Polkinghorn.
Cecilia Woods, Marjory Williams and
Sally Robinson.
For Treasurer;' Betty Foote and
Claris Holland.
At.the polls, about 113 studenth
voted.
The election Friday noon was
merely a primary, and the final election was held today.
‘Dick Stevens was
dent, and Claris
At the primary
elected vice
Holland,
SUPERVISORS RETURN
FROM SANTA CRUZ MEET
The Nevada county
and County Clerk R.N.
returned Saturday
presitreasurer.
supervisors
McCormack,
from the
in Santa
evening
supervisors
routine
C2
administrator,
over loans
the
present
convention of
Cruz. Many
discussed and R.
relief
talk
hearing
the plan
ing money from the
ment, he stated
to be held with
row money
matters
federal
were
Branion,
was present to
After
te
counties borrowfederal 2Zzovernanother
counties..
in
to
protests regard
of
meeting is
to
unema borfor relief
ployed in the state.
Supervisors making
Frank . Dee BS
Frank, Robertson,
Zastnew set-up
for the
the trip
Dudiey, Joseph
CGC. Ss. Arbewere
Rowe,
Alex
nae pase ve Oe
Evan .Rushing, of San Francisco,
‘epresenting the HRdward’s Wire
Company, in town. Mr.
expects to be here a week.
Rope
is Rushing
Drunken Driver Goes
To Jail For 6 Months
pleaded guilty
perior Court to arunken
»
The annual Baccalaureate sermon
to Nevada City’s high school graduating class will be preached next
Sunday evening by the Rev. Charles
Washburn, rector, in Trinity Episcopal church. The H:, H. Buckner, pastor of the Methodist church,
will read the Seripture lesson, and
there. will be special music
United Methodist and
Rev.
ville Methodist church, Sunday afternoon. W. R. Jefford and Son had
«charge of funeral arrangements.
mental numbers.
by the
Episcopal
choirs, with several solos and instruThe public is corRaglan Tuttle to -one year in
Quentin.
(hand, hit another car
ley two weeks ago.’
dially invited to attend.
SS ee
Ss Set ee enn one : =
Elmer Johnson, Grass Valley, who
last week in the Sudriving,
this morning was sentenced by Judge
San
The sentence was suspended under these prebationary conditions:e.that Johnson spend 6 months
in the county jail, pay $15 per month
for two years, $5 of which will
into the county treasury and $10 _to
the family of -the woman injured
when his car, guided by his drunken
in Grass ValHis license to
drive is -automatically cancelled and
he was placed on probation for two
terms of
to San
years. Violation of the
his probation will send him
opening of the new vein, 12 feet of
good milling grade ore now shows
in the breast. :
The old’ Muleahey ranch home is
being removed and the site cleared
for the erection of the 200 ton daily
. cupacity reduction plant. Edward C.
aay ea
PERSONAL PROPERT
TAX DELINQUENT JUNE 30
County Assessor J. M. Hammill;
through an advertisement in the . Jacobs is general manager and supNuceet, is calling attention: to the . erintendent.
act that all those who have not meade %
LOZIBR TRIAL SET
payment of their personal property
taz:cos, rot secured by property -tax, : :
have but a little more than a month The trial of. William . Lomer, ee
aa cused of attempting to steal a motor
These taxes are delinquent June uek, wasoset by JUGEe eee
Tuttle this morning at 10 o’clock on30, and the county assessor is autho. :
the morning of June 7.
rized by law to seize and sell the;
property for the unpaid taxes. This
applies to automobiles and-all other
personal property. Auto owners will!
find it to their interest to pay taxes!
on their cars and receive a tax clearj
ance from the assessor, for without}
it they cannot renew their auto licen.
ses.
Boys! Giris!
. a
All war veterans who are entitled . isten Here!
‘Se
to exemption of tax payments on $1,-.
000 of their property, must come to
the office and make an affadavit of .
their service and_ honorable dis. ia ee
charge. If they fail they are liable .
to payment of taxes on their proper.
ty. The haw requires that the exemp. . . The New Municipal Swimming
tions be filed each year and there! Pool Will Soon Be Ready for That
are quite a number of these exemp.
tions’ which have not been claimed. .
{
GRAND PLUNGE’
And The
NEVADA CITY NUGGET
NEW HOME TO REPLACE . .
EARLY DAY RESIDENCE:
._The home of Mrs. Annie Gdatrey, .
an old Landmark in Nevada City, located at the corners of Nivens Alley
fombining Business with Pleasure
and East Broad street has been torn
{
down and carpenters are now. erect.
ing a new modern home for her. Mrs. WANTS TO HELP YOU .
i in Nevada oe CELEBRATE
A large boulder. in the yard ‘is
. =,
known as the ‘‘medicine rock.’ In. f
the early days Indians went to this
For Five New Subscriptions
$2.50 im advance for one year
rock for healing. The rock has a;
they held it as a medicine rock.
DRY WASHER INSTALLED
Quentin. Ps
In imposing this sentence upon
Johnson, Judge, Tuttle declared that
the defendant was fortunate that he
did not stand before the court on a
conviction of manslaughter,
aceident which sadly crippled one: of
the women in the car which his automobile wrecked might easily have
resulted fatally.
Johnson last week asked for: probation but this was denied. The
court commented on the special gravity of the offense and declared that
all drunken drivefs were ‘potential
killers.
as the .
concave surface and. heat reflected.
onto their bodies relieved pain and.
_ Will Receive a
GANTNER & MATTERN AT FRENCH CORRAL
The French Corral gravel mine, . Re
near French Corral, has’ changed! BATHING SUIT
hands. recently and is now being op. ee
ened by Mrs. F. Saddler and Mr. . Select it Yourself at Any.
Gladman of Oakland. i . Price up to
The new company has installed a! }®.
new dry washer which it is claimed . oY ha
will handle five yards or seven tank . $4.00 : wie:
of gravel per yard. This property 5 4
Call.at The Nugget Off
has been handicapped through lack .
. of water and if this method is a success in this section it will be an aid}
to many gravel properties now closed .
by water shortage. .