May 3, 1937 (6 pages)

Thinking Out Loud . H. M. L. The Old Timer is a windbag. He may have been one of the strong, silent men in his younger days, but he lost his silence with the years. He is voluble now, overflowing with life’s experience. He blows into the Nugget office occasionally and if the editor’s ear were as large as a No. 2 washtub, it would not begin to hold the outpouring of this old lad. I have been reading, says the Old Timer, that the youth of today is hell-bent for the bow-wows. No such thing. The youth of today leads an exemplary life comfared to what the youngsters did when I was a kid. In the first place the lads of today are full of scouting, Epworth leaguing, footballing, and athletics et cetera. They have no time for the deviltries of yore. For instance: We had, most of the time, when I was a kid, a male teacher. He was usually a young fellow using the teaching profession to better himself, And he was what the girls nowadays would call a he-man. He had a good right arm and a hickory stick and we were generally inclined to respect him, though we never objected to taking a good licking figuring it as jut something to be enuring it as just-something to be endured, like the weather. But one term we had what we considered an old lady teacher, well up in her twenties, and generally considered an old maid, though at that, she married later and had a walloping family. Her name was Miss Mix and we dubbed her Mealy Mix, for no especial reason, except that she seemed like a calm day after all the men teachers we had had.'° In the country district where I got my early schooling there was a curious beetle bug.that spent its life around the ground, and were known to the Spanish Californians as pina earte. Liberally translated the phrase means ‘stink cart.”’ : The pina carte is an interesting beetle. It is the polecat of the insect world. When it is annoyed, embarrassed, or even slightly chagrined, it will put its head on the ground and tilt its posterior skyward and let go a silent salvo of bad _ odor. While ‘(Mealy Mix’’ was teaching it used to be one of the favorite deviltries of my gang to capture a can full of these bugs, turn them loose in the school room, and then by poking them occasionally with our bare big toes as they crawled around the ‘school room, keep them agitated. In a little while the room was filled with a noxious gas. Of course we enjoyed this fragrance but the teacher suffered. It was a long time before one of the gang accidently dropped his can and the vile secret was laid bare. Miss Mix could not lay on so hard as the men teachers, but she came down swift and often. Along the banks of the creek that a stool, my cropped head sticking growing that we called sneeze weed. It had heads of small fuzzy seeds. We gathered these at noon time and then just before recitation, snuffed up a few seeds. When half the boys erupted in sneezing fits, with high and fancy variations, it was some show on a dull afternoon. One day I was sneezing my way through a McGuffids third reader recitation, and suddenly the teacher, “Old Mealy’”’ called out: ‘Come’ up here Tom. That’s a dreadful cold you are catching. Sit right here ‘by my desk out of the draft, And here, let me put my shawl around you.” There I was mad and amazed, on a stool, my cropper head sticking out of the small end of the funnel of her red Paisley shawl. And did my school mates laugh? The boys would snicker and the girls titter. A big lout in the rear would hotd his mirth in control for a few minutes then suddenly explode. Waves of laughter rolled over the school room, and curiously enough Miss Mix did not seem to mind it at all. I was just about as good natured then as a rattlesnake, and mentally ticked off those lads that.-I could lick because of their insulting mirth. But it really cured our sneeze weed colds. And on Hallowe'en, of course, we hoisted some barn yard animal into} the ‘school’ belfry and the trustees, madder than hornets, vowed each year they would stand guard next time, but always forgot it. No, we had too much time on our hands in the good old days. Boys and girls today are busier but no brighter, according to my notion. We had no Binet-Terman’ tests, but there. were crawling . evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nevada City Nugget helps your city ahd county to grow in population and prosperity. By subsribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. = ili Vol. 11, No. 36. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, MAY 3, 1937. BATTLE AGAINST HIGH COST OF LIVING OPENS OAKLAND, May 3.—The California Housewives’ League has gone into battle again against the skyrocketing costs of living. Mrs: Mary Cleverdon, state president of the organization and militant founder of the movement, at a recent mass meeting in the Oakland city hall raiged the battle flag of the league by declaring: ‘Prices of foodstuffs have increased far. beyond the proportion of increased profits to farmers and in wages to labor. It cannot goon. We housewives intend to see that it stops and stops right now!”’ After outlining a plan for reorganization, the housewives passed a resolution commending President Roosevelt for his recent letter to Vice President Garner warning against the Tydings-Miller Bill, ‘which in‘the opinion of the president would increase prices of vital necessities. The resolution also provided that a letter be sent to Governor Merriam of California, protesting similar price fixing legislation now before the legislature, “T am heartily opposed; to all price fixing legislation,’’ Mrs. Cleverdon said. ‘‘Price fixing legislation means price raising legislation. There are several bills fiow before our legislature which provides for exorbitant profits on commodities, principly milk. And mind you, these bills carry not one iota of protection for the profits of the farmers or the welfare of the consumer. They are solely dedicated to the great god ‘‘Profit,’”’ and to inefficiency in distribution. “We should write our assemblymen and senators protesting against these measures. The price of meat is scandalous. There no longer is such a thing as a ‘cheap cut > of meat. And here again it is-not the farmer or the retailer who is profiting. Somewhere in between them something is wrong.”Mrs. Cleverdon invited ‘housewives all over the state who wish to organize chapters to communicate with her at 2411 Bodwitch Street, Berkeley. MRS. ROOSEVELT MAY BE GUEST AT BRIDGE FIESTA SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.—wMrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, first lady of the land, hopes to be in San Francisco for the Golden Gate . Bridge Fiesta from May 27 to June 2) She expressed this desire after being taken ‘on a personal inspection of the bridge, escorted by Moyar Rossi, James Reed general manager of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway district; Mrs. Arthur M. Brown, Jr., chairman of the women’s division of the Fiesta; and Charles Duncan of the chief engineer’s office. Also in the party was Miss Mayris Chaney, dancer and friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. j Construction work prevented Mrs. Roosevelt and the others riding in the 'mayor’s car, from crossing the entire span. However, Mrs. Roosevelt alighting from the machine, stood in the center of the bridge and looking out toward the Golden Gate exclaimed: “It’s one of the greatest sights I have ever seen.”’ She said she hoped to-arrange her affairs so that she might attend the fiesta, which will celebrate the opening of the bridge. The bridge is to tbe opened to traffic May 28. Mrs. Viola R. Gray of Lodi came up to attend the funeral of her late brother, Will Ragon, Sunday. She is visiting with her sister, Miss Marietta Ragon and Mr. and Mrs. Verle Gray. the tests of daily association that relegated us to our respective mental planes. There was more fighting among the boys and more boys were thrashed at recess. No parent ever had thhe hardihood to complain, but on the contrary usually gave ‘his youngster a smart taste of the atten at home as soon as-it was. learnéd that the young hopeful had ‘been whipped at school. good. old’ days, but by and, large, I don’t think they were any better than those our children enjoy now. Those were the. FIST MAN IN JAIL WANTED FRESH AIR Well anyhow, Chief ‘Garfield Robson popped the first man into the new city jug yesterday. He was coming up Broad street yesterday morning when he encountered a seedy chap of uncertain years and very uncertain gait, and thought: Now’s my chance to christen the new jail. So he gave the inebriated one a helping hand and piloted him into one of the plan new cells in the jail annex to the city hall. Long toward noon he met Herb Hallet on the street and says the chief: “I’ve got my first man inthe new hoosegow; want to take.a look?” So Herb went over with the chief and they looked in on the captive and pretty soon Herb says: ‘‘Where’s the window glass?’’ and sure .enough there was no glass. The first-manin-the-new-jail had poked out every pane in the cell window. A good neat job, too. The chief had forgotten to remove th.e broom from the cell. Now the prisoner is in the county jail and waiting to be charged with malicious mischief. His name is Ed Thomas and he comes from Nebraska and likes fresh air. He declared the new jail was too stuffy. “J JAIL INMATE CUTS THROAT WITH TIN Ernie Thomas. of Grass Valley, former inmate of a state hospital, attempted yesterday morning to cut his throat with a case knife. Friends interceded and the police took him to the Grass Valley jail. Two hours later the police entered his cell. They found him under his cot with his throat slit from ear to ear. He had forced the bottom out of the tin cup in the cell and used the jagged tin to cut the artery in his throat. Dr. Car] Jones was called but the man was almost dead when he arrived. the body is at the mortuary of -Coroner L. R. Jefford. SUMMER WORK FOR 23 FORESTRY STUDENTS Nineteen forestry students will be employed in the Tahoe National forest during the present field season. Forest Supervisor DeWitt Nelson stated. three will work as scalers on timber sales within the forest and sixteen as guards, lookouts or proteetive assistants in the summer protective force. Due to warm weather in the last few days a man is being sent to Banner Mountain lookout. tomorrow. Henry Bopp, who was. stationed there last year will take charge this year. GRASS VALLEY MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Earnie Thomas, Grass Valley citizen, committed suicide in a cell in the Grass Valley jail yesterday afternoon by breaking the bottom out of a tin cup and cutting his throat. A doctor was summoned as soon as the man was discovered but it was too late. His brother had just brought him home from the asylum a few days ago. Yesterday morning at breakfast the deceased seemed in fine spirits. A short time later his bro ther realized that Ernie was not just right'and had him locked in the. jail. —. UNDESIRABLES SENTENCED Chief of Police Garfield Robson arrested Thomas Mosher and Ed Thomas in Nevada City in the last few days charging them with getting drunk and with begging on the streets. At a trial just after the noon hour today City Judge Miles ‘Coughlin gave Misher six months -in the county jail, while Thomas drew a 90 day ‘Suspended sentence on the condition he get out of Nevada City and county and stay out. Mrs. Gordon Hamilton and infant son, Gordon, Jr., of Oakland are visiting Mrs.Hamilton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed J. Baker of this. city. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Chatfield of San Andreas, formerly of _ this city, visited friends here over .the week end. FISH FEW BUT ANGLERS HAPPY A. H. Willard, captain of the fish and game commission stationed at Nevada City spent the first two days of the fishing season in the Truckee river area. He stated many nice catches in weight and limits of trout were taken Saturday, the opening day. The best fish were caught below Boca. It was a hot day and melting snows caused the river to rise Sunday and nearly all sportsmen he saw had poor luck. All fish were taken with bait. S. Fischer, stage driver from Downieville, stated water was too high and muddy on the Yubas for fishermen and very few trout were caught. A parade on all local streams from the opening hour Saturday morning succeeded in bringing in a few fish. These fishermen were nearly all little boys in thir shroll cries could be tle boys. : Elmer Fisher and party enjoyed a fishing trip Sunday. John Gaskins, lecal druggist and party of friends fished on Scotts Flat dam Sunday forenoon and went to Marysville in the afternoon where tthey caught some nice bass. Joseph Wilhoite, Safeway Store Manager, caught a 15 pound bass near: (Marysville yesterday. (Meyers Mobley and Charlie Leit‘. }er fished on the river near Marysville Sunday, Mobley caught a 14pound bass. Jack Shebley and party of Nevada City enjoyed a fishing trip to Scotts Flat dam Sunday. : Russell B. Farley of this city and Don Greenleaf of Marysville fished on the Truckee river Saturday and Sunday. They had good success Saturday but water was too high Sunday. f Carl Hieronimus and Gene Tucker with two guests from San.-Francisco spent Sunday fishing on the Truckee river. They also spoke of high water. — : Ludwig Netz caught some trout, one being over a foot long. Glenn Cleland and Jess Moomey enjoyed fishing for bass at Marysville last Friday. Mrs, C. Muscardini, Mrs. Imogene Henwood, and children, Joyce and Clement, Warren Smith, and Elisha Curtis fished on the stream near Scotts Flat dam Sunday. Curtis was successful in catching eight fine trout. A party that fished on’ Canyon Creek Sunday succeeded in catching a few trout. In the group were Mr. and Mrs. Will Mullis, Walt Mullis, Jim Stephens, Roman Rozynski of Nevada City and Bill and Walt Stephens of Sacramento. POSTMASTER ANNOUNCES NEW MAIL SCHEDULE Postmaster Betty Martin West has announced the summer schedule of Star Routes out of Nevada City for the various mails, daily except Sunday, as follows: Closing hours for mails to Downieville are 11:30 a. m., Alleghany, 12:40 p. m.; Washington( Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday) 9:19 a. m.; North Bloomfield, 9:10 a. m. Mails will arrive under the new schedule from Downieville at 10:30 a. m.; Alleghany, 11:30 a. m.; Washington, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 2:00 p. m.; North Bloomfield, 3:00 p. m. This schedule went into effect on Saturday and will continue until further notice. Z LAST RITES HELD FOR W. A. RAGON SUNDAY Funeral services-for the late William Alfred Ragon were held yesterday afternoon at 2.o’clock at the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev: H. H. Buckner officiating. Interment was at Pine Grove cemetery. William A. Ragon, 77 years of age and a native of Nevada, City passed away Friday morning from a sudden attack of a heart complaint.Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ragon, and the following sons and daughters; Mrs. H. F. Gray, Douglas, Arizona; Mrs. Roberta Bargan, William and Roy Ragon of Oakland; Mrs. Clyde Garwo6dand Mrs. J.°K. Williams of Nevada City. There also survive two sisters,,Miss Marietta Ragon of Nevada City; Mrs. Viola Gray of Lodi, George Ragon of Lincoln and Hd. Ragon of Nevada City. : ‘George Clack, manager of the Giant King mine at Washington, and wife were Nevada City visitors this morning. Mr. Clack displayed assay sheets from ore mined on the Chollar Ext. lease that gave returns of $38.85 from an eight foot vein after all high grade ore had been sorted out. The ore showing free milling gold assayed $212.80 per ton. The property is shipping between 15 and 20 tons of ore per day ‘to the Queen Lil custom mill at Nevada (City. Drifting is ‘being done in the Giant King Reports . ‘High Grade Strike No. 2 tunnel which is about 600 feet below the surface. Mr. Clack’s engineer, John Lee, stated. that.in tunnels No. 1 and 2 there was at least $6,000,000 of ore exposed. George Clack, mining man of Nevada state, also stated the Giant King mine will put the town of Washington on the map. The property was taken over’ last fall under lease and bond by the new interests and an unusually severe winter of deep snow and freezing temperatures has held up operations for several months. BRIDGE WILL NOT BE BOUGHT WITH GAS FUNDS By EARL LEE KELLY State‘ Director of Public Works — Considerable propaganda designed evidently to create in the public mind the impression that pending negotiations initiated by the state of California for the purchase of the Carquinez Bridge involve contemplated use of gas tax funds to finance the acquisition of the structure has been and is being disseminated throughout the state by opponents of the plan to make this span a part of the state highway. system. Those responsible for this .campaign of misinformation either are deliberately misrepresenting the facts or are woefully ignorant of them. As indicated by their editorial comments, a number of Catlifornia editors appear to entertain the belief that it is proposed to use gas tax funds to buy the bridge. Various civic organizations and official bodies have condemned the proposed state ownership of the Carquinez structure on the ground that gas tax funds would be diverted from highway construction and maintenance to finance its purchase. ‘I wish to make the definite statement that in the event the state buys the Carquinez Bridge, and possibly, the Antioch Bridge from the American Toll Bridge Company, owners, not one cent of gas tax monies will be used to effect the purchase. No such use'of gas tax funds ever has been considered by the proponents of 'the proposal for state ownership of the two bridges. the Department of Public Works, its division of highways. and the present *California Highway Commission v#ll not be parties to any plan to divert gas tax monies to the purchase of the structures. : If the spans are bought by the state they will be ‘acquired under a revenue bond issue and in response to public demand. I am addressing you on the subject because, as Director of the Department of Public Works, I have been directed by he California Toll Bridge Authority to open negotiations with the American Toll Bridge Company looking to the acquisition by the state of Carquinez bridge. By the enactment, in 1929, of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act, (Statutes of 1929, Chapter 763) amended by the Statutes of 1931, Chapter 40, and Statutes of 1933, Chapter 10, the legislature declared it to be the policy of the state of California to acquire and own all toll bridges situated upon or along any part of the highways of the state, with.the end in-view of ulti-. mately eliminating all ‘toll charges thereon. oe As a further expression of policy in this regard and in response to evident public demand, the legislature, on January 20 of this year, adopted, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 asserting acquisition of the Carquinez Toll Bridge to be in conformity with the established policy of the state, and authorizing and directing that a survey and investigation of the bridge be made by the authority to determine the feasibility and’ practicability of its acquisition by the state. The Resolution indieated in detail the information which the Jegislature desired with respect to the bridge and the feasibility of providing funds for its acquisition, particurarly with reference to the posCertainly, ALLEGED "LEGGER. ALIEN, NABBED On ‘Thursday Russell B. Farley, board of equalization agent, and other officers arrested a bootlegger, Alessio ,Masetti, alien, of Italy, and known as “‘Mustochio’’. He was selling moonshine whiskey andthey found 30 gallons) of moonshine and 250 gallons of wine. ‘Masetti was living in a building on~the Calpine Lumber’.comany property near Calpine. ~He-was taken before Judge John Boney. at. Sierraville and fined $250. The officers also raided “Little Hollywood”’ near Loyalton not far from the Clover Valley Lumber com-="~ pany property. They did not, find any liquor but a (Mexican pulled a gun on Sheriff Dewey Johnson of Sierra county. He was disarmed and locked in the county jail at Downieville charged with resisting an officer and attempted assault. The ~ Mexican will be held until reports on his*finger prints come from Washington, D. C. He has a known record of killing a man at Carson City,—. Nevada and being sentenced to serve between eight and ten years. After serving a portion of this time he had been paroled.’ R. B. Farley and assistants. are still taking finger prints of those applying for liquor licenses in the Lake Tahoe area. It is expected .between 25 and 30 will apply in the next 30 days from the different summer resirts opening up on the lake. Amiong out of town relatives -attending the funeral of the late William Ragon were his two sons, Will Ragon, Jr., and Roy Ragon,’ and wives, of Oakland; a brother, George Ragon, and niece, Mrs. Barney Barrey, all of Lincoln, and nieces, Jennie and June Browning of Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Conley spent last week end in Sacramento visiting Mrs. Conley’s mother and other family members. 4 sibility of any reduction in the rate of tolls which.might be effected upon acquisition of the bridge by the state. : In accordance with the mandate of the resolution of the senate; the Department of Public Works prepared a report which was submitted to the legislature by the Toll Bridge Authority on March 30, 1937. At the same meeting the authority formally authorized me, as Director of Public Works, to open negotiations for the purchase. by the state of the Carquinez Bridge. j An attempt by opponents of the proposed acquisition of the Carquinez Bridge to create an impression that southern California counties would suffer by the diversion of maintenance monies in the event the bridge is bought is premised on false conclusions. The~-charge that approximately half of the highway maintenance funds have been transferred for new construction work is not true. No maintenance funds have been diverted to any such purpose. Of course, the counties, one third share of the te gas tax is not spent by the state; its expenditure is solely the function of the counties. > If and when .the bridges are acquired they will be a part of the state highway system and their . maintenance should be paid for out of maintenance funds the same as — any other section of highway _ maintained. Southern — counties need have no fear will have to bear any of th of such. maintenance, :

Thinking Out Loud . H. M. L. The Old Timer is a windbag. He may have been one of the strong, silent men in his younger days, but he lost his silence with the years. He is voluble now, overflowing with life’s experience. He blows into the Nugget office occasionally and if the editor’s ear were as large as a No. 2 washtub, it would not begin to hold the outpouring of this old lad. I have been reading, says the Old Timer, that the youth of today is hell-bent for the bow-wows. No such thing. The youth of today leads an exemplary life comfared to what the youngsters did when I was a kid. In the first place the lads of today are full of scouting, Epworth leaguing, footballing, and athletics et cetera. They have no time for the deviltries of yore. For instance: We had, most of the time, when I was a kid, a male teacher. He was usually a young fellow using the teaching profession to better himself, And he was what the girls nowadays would call a he-man. He had a good right arm and a hickory stick and we were generally inclined to respect him, though we never objected to taking a good licking figuring it as jut something to be enuring it as just-something to be endured, like the weather. But one term we had what we considered an old lady teacher, well up in her twenties, and generally considered an old maid, though at that, she married later and had a walloping family. Her name was Miss Mix and we dubbed her Mealy Mix, for no especial reason, except that she seemed like a calm day after all the men teachers we had had.'° In the country district where I got my early schooling there was a curious beetle bug.that spent its life around the ground, and were known to the Spanish Californians as pina earte. Liberally translated the phrase means ‘stink cart.”’ : The pina carte is an interesting beetle. It is the polecat of the insect world. When it is annoyed, embarrassed, or even slightly chagrined, it will put its head on the ground and tilt its posterior skyward and let go a silent salvo of bad _ odor. While ‘(Mealy Mix’’ was teaching it used to be one of the favorite deviltries of my gang to capture a can full of these bugs, turn them loose in the school room, and then by poking them occasionally with our bare big toes as they crawled around the ‘school room, keep them agitated. In a little while the room was filled with a noxious gas. Of course we enjoyed this fragrance but the teacher suffered. It was a long time before one of the gang accidently dropped his can and the vile secret was laid bare. Miss Mix could not lay on so hard as the men teachers, but she came down swift and often. Along the banks of the creek that a stool, my cropped head sticking growing that we called sneeze weed. It had heads of small fuzzy seeds. We gathered these at noon time and then just before recitation, snuffed up a few seeds. When half the boys erupted in sneezing fits, with high and fancy variations, it was some show on a dull afternoon. One day I was sneezing my way through a McGuffids third reader recitation, and suddenly the teacher, “Old Mealy’”’ called out: ‘Come’ up here Tom. That’s a dreadful cold you are catching. Sit right here ‘by my desk out of the draft, And here, let me put my shawl around you.” There I was mad and amazed, on a stool, my cropper head sticking out of the small end of the funnel of her red Paisley shawl. And did my school mates laugh? The boys would snicker and the girls titter. A big lout in the rear would hotd his mirth in control for a few minutes then suddenly explode. Waves of laughter rolled over the school room, and curiously enough Miss Mix did not seem to mind it at all. I was just about as good natured then as a rattlesnake, and mentally ticked off those lads that.-I could lick because of their insulting mirth. But it really cured our sneeze weed colds. And on Hallowe'en, of course, we hoisted some barn yard animal into} the ‘school’ belfry and the trustees, madder than hornets, vowed each year they would stand guard next time, but always forgot it. No, we had too much time on our hands in the good old days. Boys and girls today are busier but no brighter, according to my notion. We had no Binet-Terman’ tests, but there. were crawling . evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The Nevada City Nugget helps your city ahd county to grow in population and prosperity. By subsribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. = ili Vol. 11, No. 36. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, MAY 3, 1937. BATTLE AGAINST HIGH COST OF LIVING OPENS OAKLAND, May 3.—The California Housewives’ League has gone into battle again against the skyrocketing costs of living. Mrs: Mary Cleverdon, state president of the organization and militant founder of the movement, at a recent mass meeting in the Oakland city hall raiged the battle flag of the league by declaring: ‘Prices of foodstuffs have increased far. beyond the proportion of increased profits to farmers and in wages to labor. It cannot goon. We housewives intend to see that it stops and stops right now!”’ After outlining a plan for reorganization, the housewives passed a resolution commending President Roosevelt for his recent letter to Vice President Garner warning against the Tydings-Miller Bill, ‘which in‘the opinion of the president would increase prices of vital necessities. The resolution also provided that a letter be sent to Governor Merriam of California, protesting similar price fixing legislation now before the legislature, “T am heartily opposed; to all price fixing legislation,’’ Mrs. Cleverdon said. ‘‘Price fixing legislation means price raising legislation. There are several bills fiow before our legislature which provides for exorbitant profits on commodities, principly milk. And mind you, these bills carry not one iota of protection for the profits of the farmers or the welfare of the consumer. They are solely dedicated to the great god ‘‘Profit,’”’ and to inefficiency in distribution. “We should write our assemblymen and senators protesting against these measures. The price of meat is scandalous. There no longer is such a thing as a ‘cheap cut > of meat. And here again it is-not the farmer or the retailer who is profiting. Somewhere in between them something is wrong.”Mrs. Cleverdon invited ‘housewives all over the state who wish to organize chapters to communicate with her at 2411 Bodwitch Street, Berkeley. MRS. ROOSEVELT MAY BE GUEST AT BRIDGE FIESTA SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.—wMrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, first lady of the land, hopes to be in San Francisco for the Golden Gate . Bridge Fiesta from May 27 to June 2) She expressed this desire after being taken ‘on a personal inspection of the bridge, escorted by Moyar Rossi, James Reed general manager of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway district; Mrs. Arthur M. Brown, Jr., chairman of the women’s division of the Fiesta; and Charles Duncan of the chief engineer’s office. Also in the party was Miss Mayris Chaney, dancer and friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. j Construction work prevented Mrs. Roosevelt and the others riding in the 'mayor’s car, from crossing the entire span. However, Mrs. Roosevelt alighting from the machine, stood in the center of the bridge and looking out toward the Golden Gate exclaimed: “It’s one of the greatest sights I have ever seen.”’ She said she hoped to-arrange her affairs so that she might attend the fiesta, which will celebrate the opening of the bridge. The bridge is to tbe opened to traffic May 28. Mrs. Viola R. Gray of Lodi came up to attend the funeral of her late brother, Will Ragon, Sunday. She is visiting with her sister, Miss Marietta Ragon and Mr. and Mrs. Verle Gray. the tests of daily association that relegated us to our respective mental planes. There was more fighting among the boys and more boys were thrashed at recess. No parent ever had thhe hardihood to complain, but on the contrary usually gave ‘his youngster a smart taste of the atten at home as soon as-it was. learnéd that the young hopeful had ‘been whipped at school. good. old’ days, but by and, large, I don’t think they were any better than those our children enjoy now. Those were the. FIST MAN IN JAIL WANTED FRESH AIR Well anyhow, Chief ‘Garfield Robson popped the first man into the new city jug yesterday. He was coming up Broad street yesterday morning when he encountered a seedy chap of uncertain years and very uncertain gait, and thought: Now’s my chance to christen the new jail. So he gave the inebriated one a helping hand and piloted him into one of the plan new cells in the jail annex to the city hall. Long toward noon he met Herb Hallet on the street and says the chief: “I’ve got my first man inthe new hoosegow; want to take.a look?” So Herb went over with the chief and they looked in on the captive and pretty soon Herb says: ‘‘Where’s the window glass?’’ and sure .enough there was no glass. The first-manin-the-new-jail had poked out every pane in the cell window. A good neat job, too. The chief had forgotten to remove th.e broom from the cell. Now the prisoner is in the county jail and waiting to be charged with malicious mischief. His name is Ed Thomas and he comes from Nebraska and likes fresh air. He declared the new jail was too stuffy. “J JAIL INMATE CUTS THROAT WITH TIN Ernie Thomas. of Grass Valley, former inmate of a state hospital, attempted yesterday morning to cut his throat with a case knife. Friends interceded and the police took him to the Grass Valley jail. Two hours later the police entered his cell. They found him under his cot with his throat slit from ear to ear. He had forced the bottom out of the tin cup in the cell and used the jagged tin to cut the artery in his throat. Dr. Car] Jones was called but the man was almost dead when he arrived. the body is at the mortuary of -Coroner L. R. Jefford. SUMMER WORK FOR 23 FORESTRY STUDENTS Nineteen forestry students will be employed in the Tahoe National forest during the present field season. Forest Supervisor DeWitt Nelson stated. three will work as scalers on timber sales within the forest and sixteen as guards, lookouts or proteetive assistants in the summer protective force. Due to warm weather in the last few days a man is being sent to Banner Mountain lookout. tomorrow. Henry Bopp, who was. stationed there last year will take charge this year. GRASS VALLEY MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Earnie Thomas, Grass Valley citizen, committed suicide in a cell in the Grass Valley jail yesterday afternoon by breaking the bottom out of a tin cup and cutting his throat. A doctor was summoned as soon as the man was discovered but it was too late. His brother had just brought him home from the asylum a few days ago. Yesterday morning at breakfast the deceased seemed in fine spirits. A short time later his bro ther realized that Ernie was not just right'and had him locked in the. jail. —. UNDESIRABLES SENTENCED Chief of Police Garfield Robson arrested Thomas Mosher and Ed Thomas in Nevada City in the last few days charging them with getting drunk and with begging on the

streets. At a trial just after the noon hour today City Judge Miles ‘Coughlin gave Misher six months -in the county jail, while Thomas drew a 90 day ‘Suspended sentence on the condition he get out of Nevada City and county and stay out. Mrs. Gordon Hamilton and infant son, Gordon, Jr., of Oakland are visiting Mrs.Hamilton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed J. Baker of this. city. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Chatfield of San Andreas, formerly of _ this city, visited friends here over .the week end. FISH FEW BUT ANGLERS HAPPY A. H. Willard, captain of the fish and game commission stationed at Nevada City spent the first two days of the fishing season in the Truckee river area. He stated many nice catches in weight and limits of trout were taken Saturday, the opening day. The best fish were caught below Boca. It was a hot day and melting snows caused the river to rise Sunday and nearly all sportsmen he saw had poor luck. All fish were taken with bait. S. Fischer, stage driver from Downieville, stated water was too high and muddy on the Yubas for fishermen and very few trout were caught. A parade on all local streams from the opening hour Saturday morning succeeded in bringing in a few fish. These fishermen were nearly all little boys in thir shroll cries could be tle boys. : Elmer Fisher and party enjoyed a fishing trip Sunday. John Gaskins, lecal druggist and party of friends fished on Scotts Flat dam Sunday forenoon and went to Marysville in the afternoon where tthey caught some nice bass. Joseph Wilhoite, Safeway Store Manager, caught a 15 pound bass near: (Marysville yesterday. (Meyers Mobley and Charlie Leit‘. }er fished on the river near Marysville Sunday, Mobley caught a 14pound bass. Jack Shebley and party of Nevada City enjoyed a fishing trip to Scotts Flat dam Sunday. : Russell B. Farley of this city and Don Greenleaf of Marysville fished on the Truckee river Saturday and Sunday. They had good success Saturday but water was too high Sunday. f Carl Hieronimus and Gene Tucker with two guests from San.-Francisco spent Sunday fishing on the Truckee river. They also spoke of high water. — : Ludwig Netz caught some trout, one being over a foot long. Glenn Cleland and Jess Moomey enjoyed fishing for bass at Marysville last Friday. Mrs, C. Muscardini, Mrs. Imogene Henwood, and children, Joyce and Clement, Warren Smith, and Elisha Curtis fished on the stream near Scotts Flat dam Sunday. Curtis was successful in catching eight fine trout. A party that fished on’ Canyon Creek Sunday succeeded in catching a few trout. In the group were Mr. and Mrs. Will Mullis, Walt Mullis, Jim Stephens, Roman Rozynski of Nevada City and Bill and Walt Stephens of Sacramento. POSTMASTER ANNOUNCES NEW MAIL SCHEDULE Postmaster Betty Martin West has announced the summer schedule of Star Routes out of Nevada City for the various mails, daily except Sunday, as follows: Closing hours for mails to Downieville are 11:30 a. m., Alleghany, 12:40 p. m.; Washington( Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday) 9:19 a. m.; North Bloomfield, 9:10 a. m. Mails will arrive under the new schedule from Downieville at 10:30 a. m.; Alleghany, 11:30 a. m.; Washington, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 2:00 p. m.; North Bloomfield, 3:00 p. m. This schedule went into effect on Saturday and will continue until further notice. Z LAST RITES HELD FOR W. A. RAGON SUNDAY Funeral services-for the late William Alfred Ragon were held yesterday afternoon at 2.o’clock at the Holmes Funeral Home with Rev: H. H. Buckner officiating. Interment was at Pine Grove cemetery. William A. Ragon, 77 years of age and a native of Nevada, City passed away Friday morning from a sudden attack of a heart complaint.Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ragon, and the following sons and daughters; Mrs. H. F. Gray, Douglas, Arizona; Mrs. Roberta Bargan, William and Roy Ragon of Oakland; Mrs. Clyde Garwo6dand Mrs. J.°K. Williams of Nevada City. There also survive two sisters,,Miss Marietta Ragon of Nevada City; Mrs. Viola Gray of Lodi, George Ragon of Lincoln and Hd. Ragon of Nevada City. : ‘George Clack, manager of the Giant King mine at Washington, and wife were Nevada City visitors this morning. Mr. Clack displayed assay sheets from ore mined on the Chollar Ext. lease that gave returns of $38.85 from an eight foot vein after all high grade ore had been sorted out. The ore showing free milling gold assayed $212.80 per ton. The property is shipping between 15 and 20 tons of ore per day ‘to the Queen Lil custom mill at Nevada (City. Drifting is ‘being done in the Giant King Reports . ‘High Grade Strike No. 2 tunnel which is about 600 feet below the surface. Mr. Clack’s engineer, John Lee, stated. that.in tunnels No. 1 and 2 there was at least $6,000,000 of ore exposed. George Clack, mining man of Nevada state, also stated the Giant King mine will put the town of Washington on the map. The property was taken over’ last fall under lease and bond by the new interests and an unusually severe winter of deep snow and freezing temperatures has held up operations for several months. BRIDGE WILL NOT BE BOUGHT WITH GAS FUNDS By EARL LEE KELLY State‘ Director of Public Works — Considerable propaganda designed evidently to create in the public mind the impression that pending negotiations initiated by the state of California for the purchase of the Carquinez Bridge involve contemplated use of gas tax funds to finance the acquisition of the structure has been and is being disseminated throughout the state by opponents of the plan to make this span a part of the state highway. system. Those responsible for this .campaign of misinformation either are deliberately misrepresenting the facts or are woefully ignorant of them. As indicated by their editorial comments, a number of Catlifornia editors appear to entertain the belief that it is proposed to use gas tax funds to buy the bridge. Various civic organizations and official bodies have condemned the proposed state ownership of the Carquinez structure on the ground that gas tax funds would be diverted from highway construction and maintenance to finance its purchase. ‘I wish to make the definite statement that in the event the state buys the Carquinez Bridge, and possibly, the Antioch Bridge from the American Toll Bridge Company, owners, not one cent of gas tax monies will be used to effect the purchase. No such use'of gas tax funds ever has been considered by the proponents of 'the proposal for state ownership of the two bridges. the Department of Public Works, its division of highways. and the present *California Highway Commission v#ll not be parties to any plan to divert gas tax monies to the purchase of the structures. : If the spans are bought by the state they will be ‘acquired under a revenue bond issue and in response to public demand. I am addressing you on the subject because, as Director of the Department of Public Works, I have been directed by he California Toll Bridge Authority to open negotiations with the American Toll Bridge Company looking to the acquisition by the state of Carquinez bridge. By the enactment, in 1929, of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act, (Statutes of 1929, Chapter 763) amended by the Statutes of 1931, Chapter 40, and Statutes of 1933, Chapter 10, the legislature declared it to be the policy of the state of California to acquire and own all toll bridges situated upon or along any part of the highways of the state, with.the end in-view of ulti-. mately eliminating all ‘toll charges thereon. oe As a further expression of policy in this regard and in response to evident public demand, the legislature, on January 20 of this year, adopted, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 asserting acquisition of the Carquinez Toll Bridge to be in conformity with the established policy of the state, and authorizing and directing that a survey and investigation of the bridge be made by the authority to determine the feasibility and’ practicability of its acquisition by the state. The Resolution indieated in detail the information which the Jegislature desired with respect to the bridge and the feasibility of providing funds for its acquisition, particurarly with reference to the posCertainly, ALLEGED "LEGGER. ALIEN, NABBED On ‘Thursday Russell B. Farley, board of equalization agent, and other officers arrested a bootlegger, Alessio ,Masetti, alien, of Italy, and known as “‘Mustochio’’. He was selling moonshine whiskey andthey found 30 gallons) of moonshine and 250 gallons of wine. ‘Masetti was living in a building on~the Calpine Lumber’.comany property near Calpine. ~He-was taken before Judge John Boney. at. Sierraville and fined $250. The officers also raided “Little Hollywood”’ near Loyalton not far from the Clover Valley Lumber com-="~ pany property. They did not, find any liquor but a (Mexican pulled a gun on Sheriff Dewey Johnson of Sierra county. He was disarmed and locked in the county jail at Downieville charged with resisting an officer and attempted assault. The ~ Mexican will be held until reports on his*finger prints come from Washington, D. C. He has a known record of killing a man at Carson City,—. Nevada and being sentenced to serve between eight and ten years. After serving a portion of this time he had been paroled.’ R. B. Farley and assistants. are still taking finger prints of those applying for liquor licenses in the Lake Tahoe area. It is expected .between 25 and 30 will apply in the next 30 days from the different summer resirts opening up on the lake. Amiong out of town relatives -attending the funeral of the late William Ragon were his two sons, Will Ragon, Jr., and Roy Ragon,’ and wives, of Oakland; a brother, George Ragon, and niece, Mrs. Barney Barrey, all of Lincoln, and nieces, Jennie and June Browning of Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Conley spent last week end in Sacramento visiting Mrs. Conley’s mother and other family members. 4 sibility of any reduction in the rate of tolls which.might be effected upon acquisition of the bridge by the state. : In accordance with the mandate of the resolution of the senate; the Department of Public Works prepared a report which was submitted to the legislature by the Toll Bridge Authority on March 30, 1937. At the same meeting the authority formally authorized me, as Director of Public Works, to open negotiations for the purchase. by the state of the Carquinez Bridge. j An attempt by opponents of the proposed acquisition of the Carquinez Bridge to create an impression that southern California counties would suffer by the diversion of maintenance monies in the event the bridge is bought is premised on false conclusions. The~-charge that approximately half of the highway maintenance funds have been transferred for new construction work is not true. No maintenance funds have been diverted to any such purpose. Of course, the counties, one third share of the te gas tax is not spent by the state; its expenditure is solely the function of the counties. > If and when .the bridges are acquired they will be a part of the state highway system and their . maintenance should be paid for out of maintenance funds the same as — any other section of highway _ maintained. Southern — counties need have no fear will have to bear any of th of such. maintenance, :