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May 29, 1936 (8 pages)

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. » courts will not only martyrize him, : tion. ey: il] advised enough to continue their 1 of the congressional farce. One wishF Thinking Out Loud . i COVERS RICHEST GOLD Nevada City Nug AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and et . The Nevada City Nugget helps your advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. é and county to grow in population prosperity. By subscribing to, and (By H. M. L.) Dr. Townsend by the simple gaa ‘pedient of “walking out” on the, Congressional investigating commit‘tee which was gaily spending something like $100,000 of the people's money, in the hope of turning up so ething, that would put a jinx on the Townsend hysteria, has reduced that committee-to a pitiful condition of impotence. The investigation, of course, like a lot of others staged recCenisy by the subservient congress, was for political effect only. It was intended to relieve the Townsend pressure. Instead of that, by Dr. Townsend’s one man rebellion, the pressure was redoubled. To try him before the House for contempt, which is honestly shared by. millions . of other citizens, will. delay adjournBent and martyrize.the venerable visionary. and to try him in _ the but will destroy all effect such a trial might have on. the fortunes: of House candidates who seek re-elecAnd what do the revefations made by the Bell. committee, thus far, amount to? The committee ‘has discovered in brief, that Dr. Townsend and some of his very practical minded aids have been boondoggling at the expense of the legions’ of dime and nickel adherents. This for Dr. Townsend of course is a monstrous crime. The fact that the Federal government has frittered many a million (witness the Passamaquoddy tide harnessing project and the Florida ship canal) and has spent money ‘with both hands (PWA and WPA) to insure another four year tenure for deserving Democrats, does not excuse Dr. Townsend in the eyes of his righteous investigators for havjing diverted a few thousand dollars . from the river of small change into. the pockets of himself and his aids. . The only worth while investiga. tion of Dr. Townsend and what he . does with all the money contribut. ed by his deluded following, would . be one instituted and conducted by . his own supporters. But so far from . any businesslike desire to know . what becomes of their ownmonéy, . “e's supporters rather tend to deify. t he old doctor. Already -they link his name with that of Washington and) Lincoln, and if the Bell Committee persecution, they will presently find the Townsendites investing him with the robes and halo of one of the saints in glory. This Congress has done many things to make. itself ridiculous. in the eyes of the American people. It has been. subservient, answering the Farley whip cracking with abject bootlicking. It has been cowardly, passing act after act to pacify the farmers, the veterans and other minority groups. Of relief money spent in the South, the solid Democratic South, it has spent 93 per cent of Federal funds, and in the New England states with twice the population and the home of the Black Republicans the Federal contribution has been 52 per cent. In effect Congress has abdicated and the country is being governed from the post office building and the White House. But this Townsend investigating committee is the slap stick comedian es that Huey Long had lived: to see it and comment on it in his own peculiar way. The fact that the committee takes itself seriously adds to the national hilarity, or, as the case may be, disgust. A committee of this~kind could only be born of a futile, srubber-stamping aggregation whose only diversion in its dull servitude is the indoor sport of baiting and bedeviling their betters. Millions of money. wasted and purloined by political hangerson, is clodked-under. the pious~phrase of the President: “The hungry shall eat.” : Counties and states that gladly shoved onto the Federal relief roll all the unemployables that even in normal. times eke out a precarious existence, are now beginning to pay Penrose the nose for shirking their own duty. WPA projects that the Federal government engaged to assist, with so many men and so much materials, are’ being light-heartedly abandoned or left up in the air to depend for completion on the hazard camThroughout the and chance that a_ political paign may offer. Vol. 10, No. 57. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1936. DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AT NORTH ~ SAN JUAN HALL The San Juan Ridge Improvement League will give a big dance tomorrow evening at North San Juan in the new Twamley Hall. Veterans .of Foreign Wars will execute a bugle drill, the flag will be raised, and a salute sounded to the nation’s heroic dead during the evening. The audience will stand at attention during this ceremony in observarice of Decoration Day. The music will be an unusual feature of the evening and is intended asa big—surprise. The orchestra @hosen to play is one of the best in Northern Calfornia. Whiskerinos of the entire country side are invited to join in the festivities and dancing. Following the dance at 7:30 a. m. the school bus has been, specially chartered to take thirty Whiskerinos to the Grass Valley rendevous of the Marysville Stampede motorade which will leave the Standard Oil. station in Grass Valley at} 9 o’clock Sunday morning. It is estimated that there will be seventy five private motor cars in this caravan from Nevada county to the Stampede grounds at Marysville. WHISKERINOS. MEET TONIGHT The Whiskerinos will meet this evening at Armory hall where arrangements will be made for the big motorcade of 75 cars which will leave Nevada City and Grass Valley to attend the Marysville Stampede next Sunday morning. Those who wish to join ‘this caravan of Whiskerinos are asked to communicate with Ted Janiss, Boss Whiskerino. The car owners are specially asked . to meet in Grass Valley at the Stancard Oil Station, Main and ‘Auburn streets at 9 o’clock Sunday morning for the line up and start. Frank Miller North San Juan Whiskerino,.announces that the San Juan school bus will bring a capacity load of whiskerinos from the ridge and that all available cars of the “district will be loaded up to join this Marysville Stampede motorcade. Both: patiol wagons, of Nevada City and Grass Valley, will be pressed into service, and the entrance of the Whiskerino contingent into the Stampede grounds will be made with a flourish. oe HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT POSTPONED TILL JUNE 4 conLacking the proper weather ditions for an outdoor musical concert, the. Nevada City high school found it necessary to postpone the annual music event until next Thurs-, day evening. Formerly scheduled for last night, the downpour of rain made it impossible to carry on with arrangements for an outdoor affair. The program of vocal and instrumental numbers will be presented in full, however, next Thursday evenIng at Seaman’s Lodge. unless the ‘inclement weather continues. The choral selections, chosen by Mrs. Marian Libby, for her vocal classes to sing on this occasion are as follows: A group of songs of the sea, including “Shipmates,” ‘‘Capital Ship,’ ‘Sailing,’ and ‘‘We Saw the Sea.’ A group of old songs including “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,” “‘The Quilting Party,’’ and ‘“‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” and a selection from the A Capella repertoire, “Filii et Felice.” TRUE DRIFT GRAVEL MINE Mr. P. A. Bigelow of North Columbia sunk a 75 foot shaft on his property the True Drift, and has just let a contract to cross cut to a well defined “channel. This property is situated in-one of Nevada county’s richest gravel districts and it is felt a good producer will be brought in. from Washington, or because country municipalities and counties eral government has broken promises. its . of civic. improvements, and obliged Whether this “is done/to dig deep into their jeans to pay . through a settled policy eminating! the cost of New Deal welching. of some whim of administrators raised from a down-at-heels unemployment status to the saddle and brass hat of a New Deal satrap, the result is the are being put to enormous expense’ same. The people are finding themto orlete propects after the Fed-. selves mulcted of their fond dreams WATT PARK PURCHASE AIDED BY WHISKERINOS Mr. Fred Conner and Mr. Ted Janiss of Nevada City attended a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Grass Valley Wednesday evening for the purpose of co-operating with Grass Valley in reducing the debt on Watt Park. Mr. Janiss stated the Whiskerinos will co-operate 100 per cent. A dance is to be held at Lake Olympia June 20 and the proceeds, above expenses, will be turned over to aid the park. The Whiskerinos of Nevada City and Grass Valley plan to select baseball teams to play on Watt Park ball field June 21The Nevada City Whiskerinos will meet in Armory Hall tonight to select their team for the —coming event. GOVERNOR WILL RIDE IN GOLD RUSH PARADE Governor Frank F. Merriam of California ‘has accepted an _ invitation to lead the annual parade of) the Auburn Forty Niners at the Gold Rush Revival, scheduled for June 6 and 7 in Auburn. His acceptance was received by general chairman James Nealis. Wendell T. Robie chairman of the parade committee, expects the longest Pioneer Day procession’ in the history of the Gold Rush Revival on June 6. Auburn already has the appearance of a frontier town, with whiskered men in every place of business. Boce Bob Mason of the Auburn Whiskerinos reports the greatest membership in the history of the organization. : This is the fourth Gold Rush Re‘HOSS’ RACES TO FEATURE SAN JUAN FESTIVAL _ Frank Miller, empresario for the San 4 Juan Cherry. Carnival and Festival is out looking for “hosses’” and riders. There is going to be a great ‘‘hoss’’ race at the Cherry Carnival» June 13 and 14 and some fast nags have been entered in the event, bu more are needed. © The course will be about a half mile over the historic road followed by the stage coaches, and a good dirt road from Willow Springs into the center of North San Juan. There will be $50 or more offered in prizes and the entry fee will only be $2.50 so that those horsemen who know their steeds can win will have a cinch to make a little money in prizes besides what they may glean in the pari mutuels and side bets.
NEIGHBORLY CLUB. _MMETS The Neighborly Ridge club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs.Ernest Towle. A deHarmony licious: luncheon was served at one o’clock. The table was attractively decorated with blue and amber glass. es, big blue pansies and gold correopsis. Mrs. Chartss Luce is president. vival celebration in Auburn. The first was staged by a committee headed by W. A. Shepard in 1924 in connection. with the national convention of mining engineers in-Sacrameto. Und men und boys of ro Mit looking glass und If der chin iss bare below Came back to mother ~~ Viskers. ) o Hey diddle diddle, der cat und der fiddle, Dere’s viskers on der moon. On der knees of fleas und very. old cheese Und der face of der vild baboon. For viskers now iss all der rage Are going around mit hairy face Und mit der girls are in disgrace. For viskers makes der tame man vild, Also der tame man’s vife. . Der quills dey scratch yust like a file Und stir up family strife. For vimmen thin, or vimmen stout Hate viskers on dere beezers, Und ven dey sprout dey yank ‘em out Andy Larsen says der cure Iss to rub vell in mit der finger tips. Chust a little fresh manure. Carry der viskers mit pride une grace i Up mit der chin und out mit Either your face iss a credit to der race O chust like der rest of der bums. Ven der head gets soft, und der back gets veak Und der vigor don’t meet demands, Ven der vimmen ignore you on der street ‘Something’s der matter mit der glands. Go to your doctor, und vot does he do Fo bring back der pep und der friskiness? He don’t get glands from der kangaroo He gets em from der goat mit der viskers. My friend came home vun day at dusk, For veeks und veeks he’d been avay, — His face vas hid mit so much brush Dot who he vas no vun could say. He vas bit mit his dog, his kids ran avay Und his vife she started to yell ‘Get avay from der house, und don’t get ‘Back to der voods! You look like hell!’’ * If,forty niners came to life; Vun look at us mit our disguise They'd die again from-mirth. a assistants fromthe different groups Auburn, . castle, Lincoln, Grass CAMPFIRE GIRLS — HOLD BIG RALLY The regular May meeting of Nesika Guardian Association was held at the home of Mrs. Frances Deane on Race street, Tuesday evening. A final check ‘of the Rally Day, May 23, was taken. The second annual Rally was a big success. Over twohundred and fifty girls of Placer, Nevada, and Yuba counties enjoyed the hospitality of the local groups. Thegirls and guardians extend their thanks to the citizens of Grass Valley and Nevada City for their support in: helping to make the day go over the way it did. Local leaders feel that the encouragement given this National Junior Service Organization will be appreciated by the girls in later years and the communities will benefit by better citizens, A joint pienic was planned for the local groups to be held June 10 at Memorial Park. Also plans were made for an old time social the last of. June for the mothers and_ fathers of the girls of Camp Fire Girls. The June meetings will be held at the home’ of Mrs. Leland Smith in Nevada City. Final plans will be made for the girls who will attend camp the first week of August. In order to increase the friendliness and co-operation between the Camp Fire groups of Placer and Ne-. vada counties, the rally is held every year, the last one was held in Grass Valley on May 23, 1936. The Camp Fire groups of Grass Valley and Nevada City were hostesses to over two hundred girls, for that day. The program began with registration from 8:00-9:00 a. m. From 9:00 till 9:15 the Oneida group from Grass Valley had charge of the program, they presented an _ extremely amusing “Meller-drammer.”’ From 9:15 till 10:00 Mrs. Bond took charge and gave the welcoming speech, she in-. troduced all the guardians and their that were represented, among them Loomis, Roseville, NewValley and Nevada City. Then Doctor Hirsh of Grass Valley, honored speaker of the morning assembly, gave a instructive talk entitled ‘‘Astral Nursery Rymes.’’ at -10:00 o’clock the groups assembled and paraded through the down town section. From 10:30 till 11:15 classeffery age ee tveezers. der lips PRAT er lungs, ay!” earth, es were held in the seven different crafts. At 11 the juniors left for Memorial Park to swim, while the senior girls were instructed in the art of folk dancing. A 12-1:00 lunch was eaten at Memorial Park. From 1 to 1:45 the girls were given free time! in which to go sightseeing. At 1:45 assembly was held at Memorial Bldg. Knot tying contests were participated in and they were won by Uta Halie. group of Grass Valley. At 2:15 the senior girls left for Memorial Park for their swimming period. While the juniors were given their folk dancing. During the afternoon several different sports were participated in, including tennis, baseball, swimming and badminton. The banquet was held at 5:30-6:30. At six the Grand Council Fire was held in Memorial building. A very impressive program was presented, and the fire was lit by the only two torchbearers present. They were Janet Snellings of Penryn and Joan Grant of Nevada City, the awards al song was sung. Everyone left with a feeling of having gained many friendships during the ~ profitable day. : JULY 4TH COMMITTEES Charles W. Leiter, chairman of ithe ‘zeneral committee for the Fourth of July celebration has announced his committees as follows: Literary Committee: lan Tuttle, Fred F. Cassidy, E. M. Rector, H. E. Kjorlie, Bill Cain, H. D. Draper, R. J. Bennettts. er, James Penrose, T. W. Richards, A. Cartoscello. Williamson: W. Gildersleeve. were presented, and at 8:45 the finALL SET FOR WORK Judge RagFinance Committee: John J. Fortier, E. W. Schreiber, J. C. ScheemFrank Davies, Frank Finnegan, Carroll Coughlan, Parade Committee. C. J. Tobiassen, Frank Davies, E. J. Kilroy, Robert Gates, J. Pennelli, Herbert Skeahan, Dr. Ivey, Jack Woods, Stenger Publicity Committee: Charles M. Brown, John W. O’Neill, H. M. Leete, Donald Strandberg, E. Uren, Geo. ’?49er dance: Banner Mt. Post, Se ROTARY CLUBIS ENTERTAINED BY HIGH STUDENTS — » The Nevada City Rotary Club was entertained Thursday noon at their luncheon by.a group of musical pupils from the Nevada City high school. The program, with Oscar Odegdaard, Jr., as master of ceremonies consisted of a saxophone solo by Martin Young, with Miss Evelyn Lotz at the piano. This was follow-. ed by a clarinet solo. ‘Angels Serenade” by Evalyn Bailey and trumpet duet by Miss Ruth Curnow and Ray Wilde. fa A chorus composed of high school ~ pupils, directed by Mrs. Marian Libbey then rendered several songs, A Capella, to the intense enjoyment of the Rotarians. Ted Janiss reported on the progress made toward the Whiskerino activities for the Fourth of July and also the coming participation of the Whiske#inos in the Stampede at Marysville this coming week end. A report of the Rotary convention in Berkeley was made by the club president Oscar Odegaard, and the meeting concluded with remarks from Principal. Kjorlie of the high school with particular reference to the music department of the school. Announcement was made that Mr. Mike Brickley of the Sa¢ramento. Rotary Club and the Sacramento Junior College will be the speaker of the Rotary program on next Thursday. LITOGRAPHOF NEVADA CITY AT ~ ALPHA STORES Forty niner exhibits are commencing to appear in windows of local business houses and it was ‘noted yesterday. that a splendid lithograph of Nevada City in 1856 is on ‘display in the Alpha Hardware store windows. It was “drawn from. nature and on stone by Kuchel and Dresel.” There were very few trees in the little city, Sugar Loaf mountain looms up in the background and closer examination reveals Broad street each side. A tricycle that has been in the Randolph Carter family 70 years is on display in the J. J. Jackson grocery store. on Commercial street. It has wooden wheels with iron rims exhibit is the well preserved old English trap in the same exhibit. It has been in the J. J. Jackson family over 50 years. It is high off the ‘ground and has two seats, the one in the back being reversible. A set of bells used on freight teams in early days and some old guns complete the fine display. In the Chamber of Commerce rooms are pictures of illustrious pioneers of Nevada County, many of these men having filled important. positions in the world as well as the local county. Whiskerinos: Ted Janiss, L. W. Kopp, C. B. Merriam, Larry Landry, Jack Shelby, J. Pennelli; Leonard Johnson, Paul Faconi, R. J. Berggren. *. Special publicity: Mrs. Belle Douglass, Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie, Mrs. Bill Cain. Judges of Events: Walter L. Mobley, James Colley, R. BE. A rris, A. Hartung, A. C. Larson, Dr: Sawyer. Advisory’ ‘Committee: WwW. &#£. Wright, Fred Cassidy, S. Lee Leiter, P. G. Scadden, F. E. Conner, Ernest Schreiber. Committee on prizes: Walter Carlson, Wade Armstrong, W. B. Celio, A. W. Hoge, A. M. Holmes, A. J. Goggans, W. F. Roddy. eS Sports: Walter P. Hawkins, Dick Parsons, W. W. Pierce;-John Cur-— now, Frank Ghidotti, J. B. Grissel. — Special Events: Dave ‘Richards, Sargent Huson, John Tonnerelli, Elmer Durbin, Howard Penrose, Richard Goyne, William E. Moulton. Decorations: E. J. N. Ott, Geo. Walling, W. F. Sharp, C. O. Brown, J. F. Dolan, Elmer Marriott, Geo. Hitchens. & : 2 : Music: L. E. Sweeney, H. Geor, H, A. Curnow, Mrs. Katherine C Mrs. .C. A. Libby. Concessions committee: Bennetts, W: G. Robson, G. anan, H. W. Sheldon, W. R. 1 R. F. W. 5 Se Dr. W. W. Reed, L. W. 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