May 5, 1939 (6 pages)

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939. READE ciTy NUGCE!~ ‘DEATH VALLEY . (Canéi nued From Page One) 4: trail to follow, but our donkeys were as good climbers as any of us, so we the mountain in the . river . about noon. Here wwe rested for an. started down’ morning and arrived at the hour or so and then began climbing the brushy mountain side. The hill was very steep. It was pretty risky traveling im some places and we had to help the donkeys to keep them from rolling down the hill, packs and all. It took us four hours to make a mile and a half or two miles in that dense brush, and we were nearly choked when we reached the little flat. Here we found some water, but no one lived here.’ (This was probably Snow Point.) “From here we could see a large flat across a steep canyon to the west and so we went around the head of the canyon and worked through the brush and fallen timber, reaching our objective just as night was comred acres:.”’ “Here we found two men at work’ with a “long tom’’—a Mr, Fernay and a Mr. Bloat. They had brought water from a small spring to their elaim and were making five or six dollars a day. We now prospected around the edges of this flat and coneluded we would locate here if we 'ed North Bloomfield, and ing on. This flat was nearly level and . contained perhaps nearly one hund-! could ear water, whieh: we ‘finally. did from a nearby spring.” “By this time we were out of grub and someone had to go for a new supply. As we knew the trail to Downieville was terribly rough, I was the one chosen to try to find Nevada City, which we thought would be, nearer. So I started south with the donkeys, up the mountain toward the ridge which lay between the Middle . two or three miles on my way Pack. where I camped for the night.’’ “Next day I went on up the divide and found a house where two men lived. The fellows looked rough and I suspected bad characters. The stream near where they lived was called Bloody Bun, and there were stories current that mines had been ' shed there. . “Here ‘was a fine spring of cold last chance to see the finest works °° Gunnelson, left Monday for Jarrar en armen FIRST'AND LAST CHANCE TO SEE pore Heights. The boat Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths late on its voyage. Mr. Grifti prominent mining engineer — Jack Kelleher, mountain division manager for the Nevada Irrigation’ _ OLD MASTERS The American publie’s first and and South Forks of the.Yuba, When water and several hundred acres of of the Italian Old Masters ever as~ I got ‘well up on the ridge I followthe most magnificent sugar pines’ sembled’in the United States is at the pertaining to the mine the Newmont ed a trail till I tame to a place where the ridge ‘was only wide . enough for a wagon, then I took a faint trail which J though was ahout ‘the course I wanted to go, so I followed it, and after two or three miles came to the South Yuba. This seemed to be an Indian trail, so I climbed’ the mountain, and when I ,Teached the top I toiind a large tent made of blue drilling (This was Blue , Tent). Here I found I was four or five miles from Nevada City with a California evér raised, This place was afterward called Snow Tent. S.' WwW. Churchill built a sawmill at the ; Spring and furnished lumber to the “miners at $50 or more per thousand’.’ “About this time a man came down the mountain with his oxen and Wagon and his wife and four children, the eldest a young lady of fifteen. The man’s name was H. M. Moore. We posted notices according . to custom and had quite a discussion about a name for the place. Some of -$35,00,000 Art Exhibition on Treas-. “ ure Island, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. The exhibition, which includes the works of Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Tintoretto, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Massacio, was lent to the Fine ‘and. Decorative Arts Building through the courtesy and cooperation of the Italian government for exhibition at the exposition. The majority of these paintings good trail to follow. The rolling hills the fellows wanted to call it after 4,6 exhibited to the world outside 1 then passed through are now callat one time were known as “Humbug.’’ “T drove my donkeys up to a store in Nevada City sign ‘Davis & Company.’ I entered and inquiring the prices of various: sorts of provisions such as © flour, bacon, beans and butter, soon had’ selected enough for two donkey’ loads. When it was ready I asked the amount of my bill and was told it was $150. This I paid and. was soon MANY are the uses of your télephione. service. It saves steps for you. It brings help quickly in emergencies. It extends your interests. Yet that one call in a dozen or a hundred the family!”—would alone make your telephone service a priceless possession. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 318 Broad Street —"*It’s the young lady ‘‘Minda’s Flat’’, but we finally chose ‘‘Moore’s Flat.” We ‘gave Mr, Moore the honor lbecause he was the first man to be on hand’ with a wife.’ ‘Manley goes on to say “‘When the snow got'to be three or four feet (deep the boys used to turn out en }masse and each one woluld take his . turn in leading the army of road breakers. When the leader got tired some one would: take his place, for it was terribly hard work to wade ‘through snow up to one’s hips and progress was very slow, but the boys at Orleans Flat used to go at it. as though they were going to a picnic.’’ “Both camps would join forces and would ibreak the road to Wool-' seys Flat and then on toward Nevada City.”’ Manley engaged in the grocery and supply ‘business in Moore’s Flat, then into the buying of gold. He-sold out} which had out the} get found was quartz boulder from) the Buckeye Mine, about 8x10 in-. ches, which when cleaned up at. the, mint yielded about .$10,000. _ DRELAN MINE Ted LeMaire, business manager. of the Irelan mine near Alleghany, spent a few days in Nevada City on business. Seven men have been employed all winter at the mine and the tunnal is now in 1600 feet and conditions are most encouraging. English and Scotch interests are backing the ‘development of the property. Lloyds the internationally known English in‘surance firm, is also interested in the tendent at the mine, Mrs. A. BE. Deschwaniden, president ,of the High School P. T. A. and Mrs. Martha Bliott, newly appointed magazine chairman, attended the district Magazine Juncheon held in. Sacramento Monday, May. 1. The High School P. T. A. was represented at the district meeting in Auburn April 26 by Mrs. E. A, Desch'wanden, president, Mrs. Martha Elliott, Mrs. W. J. Telephone 156 Watson and Mrs. Pauline Stevens. _ EXCLUSIVE ‘VACUUM ‘GEARSHIFT Vacuum Booster Supplies the Shitting, tron NEW AERO-STREAM STYLING _ NEW: BODIES BY FISHER . CHEVROLET'S FAMOUS = lug VALVE-IN-HEAD (7 ses ge = 1939 CHEVROLETS Sold To Date! eae of every day, Somebody buys . a new Chevrolet! to Marks & Powers. The largest nug-. ‘property. Will Morrison is superin. jing off men! (In the state at large, . -thousands to the relief rolls. Yet be. the deduction of interest on debts of Italy for the first time never having left that country during the three and four hundred years of their history. . However, the Italian ‘authorities! have insisted that the paintings and sculpture be returned. to Italy’s gal-. leries upon conclusion of’ the exposition, December 2, in order to com-: ply with newly passed laws which forbit the loan of national art treas-. ures outside the borders of the country. As a result of these laws, also enlacted iby ‘other European countries, members of the Fine and Decorative . Arts, Committee are of the opinion that the $35,000,000 Art Exhibition ;}on Treasure Island will be the last ‘great Old Master show, made up of caintings owned by ‘European gov. ermments, ever-to be held in the Uni. ted States,. SOME SOLONS ‘STILL, WARRING ‘ON BIISTNESS By CLEM WHITAKER For the past decade, spanking’ business has been the most popular . indoor, and outdoor sport of politic-, ians the nation over. If business slumped and employmént faltered, indignant statesmen demanded jaws to increase business efficiency. If business showed signs of recovery, agile minded politicians thought up new ways to tax its income. In moments of panic, when relief rolls threatened national bankruptcy, business was told that private industry held in its hands the fate of the country. It must expand; it niust employ more men. But if it expanded—and payrolls climbed back a bit toward normal— politicians cried ‘‘monopoly’’, passed . new tax bills and adopted new and drastic regulations to halt its growth and development. For ten long years, no matter what it did—whether broke or prosperous -——business: had been wrong. It has been the politician’s culprit! That, at any rate, is a candid-camera view of the: past, decade as the average business man sees it. A current examiple of the type. of legislation that makes business see “red’’——but that. awakens little public interest until business starts lay'—-is the ‘‘tax on Josses’’ Assembly Bill 2652. The bill seeks to amend the Bank and Corporation Franchise Tax—a 4 per cent levy on net income—to provide that even corporations which have no ‘‘net income’, but are losing money, shall pay a minimum tax of $500 on each million dollars of ‘‘book assets.” .In the case of one large. ’ California corporation which theoretically has large ‘‘book assets’ but actually showed a $10,000,000 defic. it. on its 1938 operations, the new bill would. mean_a tax on its losses of $400,000! And the’ corporation, according to its directors, could offget the loss in only one way——by layproposed in the new tax ‘would mean Jayoffs for thousands of workers—adding new Cause it is a tax on “business,” its authors consider it “popular.” In the same eategory is Assembly Bill 2647, which would prohibit from taxable. income, if the notes or ‘other igstruments of. indebtedness . mature more than one year after the debts were: incurred. “Just try and pay. off your debts in one year, with ‘Sagging income and ‘soaring taxes," . ing off menor going into bankruptcy ; argue the business ‘men. “rt can't be] : District, at Bowman Dam was a busi“ness visitor in Nevada City yesterday. John Becker, mining. eitiiee: “and Royal Schoo! of Mines man. His took him to many forvie® ] fore retiring. Richard Parsons left April Hornbrook where he will be ed at the quarantine station the California ‘border for the mer. He was at the Peavine s last summer. Albert Buck, Orleans “Plat — Lincoln district stock raiser, wh bridge, Nevada, to attend to affairs interests are operating at that place. (Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Deeter will go to San Francisco Sunday to meet Mrs. Deeter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Harry D. Griffiths. of London, Enga foot amputated recently in a land, who are coming via the PanValley hospital. is resting easy ~ ‘cording to latest reports. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Long and Mr Nora Austin will go to Berkeley week end to visit their daugh Miss Margaret Long. Mrs. Austin remain about two weeks and visit the fair on Treasure Island, vate’ employment to ease the strain on tax-supported public payrolls. Business may soon cease’ to be the popular ‘‘whipping boy” for the simple reason that California needs aore business! rau ASPARAGUS, eee. “I : NO. 1 NEW POTATOES SNOWDRIFT 303 Broad Street Phone 97 11939 exectRIc REFRIGERATO! By all tious dee tee 1939 zi Refrigerators in featured disp: slay trical dealers everywhere. ‘over for the new beauty of design, f ‘and the many built-in. Inside Facts . Faster Pinsatiliecid ‘ ick awe Lear the inside fats of how these “Meat Safe—A big est. refrigerators: wh kee frets my of cold storage at lower 3 Controlled Cold plus ing. teteciag ead : towilting and 4 Se esata

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939. READE ciTy NUGCE!~ ‘DEATH VALLEY . (Canéi nued From Page One) 4: trail to follow, but our donkeys were as good climbers as any of us, so we the mountain in the . river . about noon. Here wwe rested for an. started down’ morning and arrived at the hour or so and then began climbing the brushy mountain side. The hill was very steep. It was pretty risky traveling im some places and we had to help the donkeys to keep them from rolling down the hill, packs and all. It took us four hours to make a mile and a half or two miles in that dense brush, and we were nearly choked when we reached the little flat. Here we found some water, but no one lived here.’ (This was probably Snow Point.) “From here we could see a large flat across a steep canyon to the west and so we went around the head of the canyon and worked through the brush and fallen timber, reaching our objective just as night was comred acres:.”’ “Here we found two men at work’ with a “long tom’’—a Mr, Fernay and a Mr. Bloat. They had brought water from a small spring to their elaim and were making five or six dollars a day. We now prospected around the edges of this flat and coneluded we would locate here if we 'ed North Bloomfield, and ing on. This flat was nearly level and . contained perhaps nearly one hund-! could ear water, whieh: we ‘finally. did from a nearby spring.” “By this time we were out of grub and someone had to go for a new supply. As we knew the trail to Downieville was terribly rough, I was the one chosen to try to find Nevada City, which we thought would be, nearer. So I started south with the donkeys, up the mountain toward the ridge which lay between the Middle . two or three miles on my way Pack. where I camped for the night.’’ “Next day I went on up the divide and found a house where two men lived. The fellows looked rough and I suspected bad characters. The stream near where they lived was called Bloody Bun, and there were stories current that mines had been ' shed there. . “Here ‘was a fine spring of cold last chance to see the finest works °° Gunnelson, left Monday for Jarrar en armen FIRST'AND LAST CHANCE TO SEE pore Heights. The boat Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths late on its voyage. Mr. Grifti prominent mining engineer — Jack Kelleher, mountain division manager for the Nevada Irrigation’ _ OLD MASTERS The American publie’s first and and South Forks of the.Yuba, When water and several hundred acres of of the Italian Old Masters ever as~ I got ‘well up on the ridge I followthe most magnificent sugar pines’ sembled’in the United States is at the pertaining to the mine the Newmont ed a trail till I tame to a place where the ridge ‘was only wide . enough for a wagon, then I took a faint trail which J though was ahout ‘the course I wanted to go, so I followed it, and after two or three miles came to the South Yuba. This seemed to be an Indian trail, so I climbed’ the mountain, and when I ,Teached the top I toiind a large tent made of blue drilling (This was Blue , Tent). Here I found I was four or five miles from Nevada City with a California evér raised, This place was afterward called Snow Tent. S.' WwW. Churchill built a sawmill at the ; Spring and furnished lumber to the “miners at $50 or more per thousand’.’ “About this time a man came down the mountain with his oxen and Wagon and his wife and four children, the eldest a young lady of fifteen. The man’s name was H. M. Moore. We posted notices according . to custom and had quite a discussion about a name for the place. Some of -$35,00,000 Art Exhibition on Treas-. “ ure Island, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. The exhibition, which includes the works of Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Tintoretto, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Massacio, was lent to the Fine ‘and. Decorative Arts Building through the courtesy and cooperation of the Italian government for exhibition at the exposition. The majority of these paintings good trail to follow. The rolling hills the fellows wanted to call it after 4,6 exhibited to the world outside 1 then passed through are now callat one time were known as “Humbug.’’ “T drove my donkeys up to a store in Nevada City sign ‘Davis & Company.’ I entered and inquiring the prices of various: sorts of provisions such as © flour, bacon, beans and butter, soon had’ selected enough for two donkey’ loads. When it was ready I asked the amount of my bill and was told it was $150. This I paid and. was soon MANY are the uses of your télephione. service. It saves steps for you. It brings help quickly in emergencies. It extends your interests. Yet that one call in a dozen or a hundred the family!”—would alone make your telephone service a priceless possession. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 318 Broad Street —"*It’s the young lady ‘‘Minda’s Flat’’, but we finally chose ‘‘Moore’s Flat.” We ‘gave Mr, Moore the honor lbecause he was the first man to be on hand’ with a wife.’ ‘Manley goes on to say “‘When the snow got'to be three or four feet (deep the boys used to turn out en }masse and each one woluld take his . turn in leading the army of road breakers. When the leader got tired some one would: take his place, for it was terribly hard work to wade ‘through snow up to one’s hips and progress was very slow, but the boys at Orleans Flat used to go at it. as though they were going to a picnic.’’ “Both camps would join forces and would ibreak the road to Wool-' seys Flat and then on toward Nevada City.”’ Manley engaged in the grocery and supply ‘business in Moore’s Flat, then into the buying of gold. He-sold out} which had out the} get found was quartz boulder from) the Buckeye Mine, about 8x10 in-. ches, which when cleaned up at. the, mint yielded about .$10,000. _ DRELAN MINE Ted LeMaire, business manager. of the Irelan mine near Alleghany, spent a few days in Nevada City on business. Seven men have been employed all winter at the mine and the tunnal is now in 1600 feet and conditions are most encouraging. English and Scotch interests are backing the ‘development of the property. Lloyds the internationally known English in‘surance firm, is also interested in the tendent at the mine, Mrs. A. BE. Deschwaniden, president ,of the High School P. T. A. and Mrs.

Martha Bliott, newly appointed magazine chairman, attended the district Magazine Juncheon held in. Sacramento Monday, May. 1. The High School P. T. A. was represented at the district meeting in Auburn April 26 by Mrs. E. A, Desch'wanden, president, Mrs. Martha Elliott, Mrs. W. J. Telephone 156 Watson and Mrs. Pauline Stevens. _ EXCLUSIVE ‘VACUUM ‘GEARSHIFT Vacuum Booster Supplies the Shitting, tron NEW AERO-STREAM STYLING _ NEW: BODIES BY FISHER . CHEVROLET'S FAMOUS = lug VALVE-IN-HEAD (7 ses ge = 1939 CHEVROLETS Sold To Date! eae of every day, Somebody buys . a new Chevrolet! to Marks & Powers. The largest nug-. ‘property. Will Morrison is superin. jing off men! (In the state at large, . -thousands to the relief rolls. Yet be. the deduction of interest on debts of Italy for the first time never having left that country during the three and four hundred years of their history. . However, the Italian ‘authorities! have insisted that the paintings and sculpture be returned. to Italy’s gal-. leries upon conclusion of’ the exposition, December 2, in order to com-: ply with newly passed laws which forbit the loan of national art treas-. ures outside the borders of the country. As a result of these laws, also enlacted iby ‘other European countries, members of the Fine and Decorative . Arts, Committee are of the opinion that the $35,000,000 Art Exhibition ;}on Treasure Island will be the last ‘great Old Master show, made up of caintings owned by ‘European gov. ermments, ever-to be held in the Uni. ted States,. SOME SOLONS ‘STILL, WARRING ‘ON BIISTNESS By CLEM WHITAKER For the past decade, spanking’ business has been the most popular . indoor, and outdoor sport of politic-, ians the nation over. If business slumped and employmént faltered, indignant statesmen demanded jaws to increase business efficiency. If business showed signs of recovery, agile minded politicians thought up new ways to tax its income. In moments of panic, when relief rolls threatened national bankruptcy, business was told that private industry held in its hands the fate of the country. It must expand; it niust employ more men. But if it expanded—and payrolls climbed back a bit toward normal— politicians cried ‘‘monopoly’’, passed . new tax bills and adopted new and drastic regulations to halt its growth and development. For ten long years, no matter what it did—whether broke or prosperous -——business: had been wrong. It has been the politician’s culprit! That, at any rate, is a candid-camera view of the: past, decade as the average business man sees it. A current examiple of the type. of legislation that makes business see “red’’——but that. awakens little public interest until business starts lay'—-is the ‘‘tax on Josses’’ Assembly Bill 2652. The bill seeks to amend the Bank and Corporation Franchise Tax—a 4 per cent levy on net income—to provide that even corporations which have no ‘‘net income’, but are losing money, shall pay a minimum tax of $500 on each million dollars of ‘‘book assets.” .In the case of one large. ’ California corporation which theoretically has large ‘‘book assets’ but actually showed a $10,000,000 defic. it. on its 1938 operations, the new bill would. mean_a tax on its losses of $400,000! And the’ corporation, according to its directors, could offget the loss in only one way——by layproposed in the new tax ‘would mean Jayoffs for thousands of workers—adding new Cause it is a tax on “business,” its authors consider it “popular.” In the same eategory is Assembly Bill 2647, which would prohibit from taxable. income, if the notes or ‘other igstruments of. indebtedness . mature more than one year after the debts were: incurred. “Just try and pay. off your debts in one year, with ‘Sagging income and ‘soaring taxes," . ing off menor going into bankruptcy ; argue the business ‘men. “rt can't be] : District, at Bowman Dam was a busi“ness visitor in Nevada City yesterday. John Becker, mining. eitiiee: “and Royal Schoo! of Mines man. His took him to many forvie® ] fore retiring. Richard Parsons left April Hornbrook where he will be ed at the quarantine station the California ‘border for the mer. He was at the Peavine s last summer. Albert Buck, Orleans “Plat — Lincoln district stock raiser, wh bridge, Nevada, to attend to affairs interests are operating at that place. (Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Deeter will go to San Francisco Sunday to meet Mrs. Deeter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Harry D. Griffiths. of London, Enga foot amputated recently in a land, who are coming via the PanValley hospital. is resting easy ~ ‘cording to latest reports. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Long and Mr Nora Austin will go to Berkeley week end to visit their daugh Miss Margaret Long. Mrs. Austin remain about two weeks and visit the fair on Treasure Island, vate’ employment to ease the strain on tax-supported public payrolls. Business may soon cease’ to be the popular ‘‘whipping boy” for the simple reason that California needs aore business! rau ASPARAGUS, eee. “I : NO. 1 NEW POTATOES SNOWDRIFT 303 Broad Street Phone 97 11939 exectRIc REFRIGERATO! By all tious dee tee 1939 zi Refrigerators in featured disp: slay trical dealers everywhere. ‘over for the new beauty of design, f ‘and the many built-in. Inside Facts . Faster Pinsatiliecid ‘ ick awe Lear the inside fats of how these “Meat Safe—A big est. refrigerators: wh kee frets my of cold storage at lower 3 Controlled Cold plus ing. teteciag ead : towilting and 4 Se esata