May 5, 1950 (8 pages)

. Serving Nevada City and Grass Valley ‘Nevada ity Nugget Gateway to-a \ \ Recreation Paradise Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, May 5, 1950 Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Twenty-Third’ Year — No. YW Li, Ge ‘e Arounc 4 Yl Y ¢ % VA MAY DAY: Heavy rain and threatened snow in Nevada City. . Two and a half -hours average! travel time between Truckee and county seat, due to unseasonable snow. Suggested scene of Maypole dance: around the shiny pole in Fireman’s hall. But it was cold in Berlin, too, for which we may be thankful. Threatened invasion of West Berlin by Communist youth in a May day demonstration did not pan out.-Our relief at the passing of another crisis is like postponing a needed trip to the dentist’s office. * KITE FLYING: Jon wanted to fly a kite, persuaded Daddy. to help him make one. Though it’s been 30 years since Daddy flew a kite, he tried again. Made the kite alright; but it was a little heavy on one side. Daddy should have quit right there, having delivered the quota to save a reputation. * But Daddy had to fly the kite too. The hill slope was right but the breeze was_ irregular. No reports have come in from the neighbors who saw a long skinny guy galloping down the hillside, pulling a string to which a piece of , wrapping paper and bright cloth was fastened. No dignity, probably no sense either, they thought. Now Jon has a badly battered kite to repair and Daddy has used up. most of the liniment. Neither had the thrill of seeing * bd their masterpiece soar into the blue. up-yonder. Daddy’s score: . zero. * GOLDEN HIGHWAY: Millions * * of dollars in gold was hauled out of Timbuctoo and, Rough and! Ready down the winding road to . Sacramenc?in the gold rush days . ‘a century’ back. The unimagina. tive designation for that trail is. now Sign Route 20. Andy W.) Rogers of Rough and Ready thinks it should properly be known. as the Golden Highway. Incidentally, Andy is cooking with an idea about a celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the demise of the Independent Republic of Rough and Ready. It would fall on the Fourth of July, Andy: claims. His version is that the illstarred republic was proclaimed locally in order to avoid U. S. mining taxes and to set up tariff: walls or something so the miners could exclude some of the characters coming in to their diggings. All went well with the high-flyin’ talk in the spring of 1850—until somebody proposed 'a big Fourth of July celebration. But they couldn’t do that if they were a foreign nation. So, according to Jack McDowell of the San Francisco Call-Buylletin, “they killed off their republic.and came back into the fold of the: Union.” Hasn’t Andy heard that Nevada City will hold its biggest and best Fourth of July celebration this year? That we will also celebrate our Centennial? That a committee is hard at work packing four gays with activities? But this needn’t be a competitive situation. It would be a fine gesture if a big caravan of local folks went down to Rough and Ready on July 4th and shot off a few fireworks. If there was a little embarrassment at the first patriotic celebration, there’s no reason why there should be now, 100 years later. SOPHOMORE DANCE Nevada City high school sophomore class dance will be held in the school gymnasium tonight at 8 o’clock, according to an announcement by Ed Frantz, class Adviser. David Mott and Pete Ray are in charge of the dance arrangements and Joe Fisher, class president, will be in charge. Kent Walker and his orchestra will furnish the music. ‘tion and proceeds will go to the WRITS FILED BY TAVERN MEN T0 SAVE MACHINES Three writs of prohibition were filed this past week by Crofford W. Bridges, Grass Valley,* attorney, on behalf of his clients, Aj Tick, Francis C. Mertens and William and Charlotte Hess, tavern operators. The writs ask that District Attorney Vernon Stoll be restrained from destroying 11 slot machines seized .by grand jury action Jan. 28. Tick was proprietor of Tick’s Place, Hills Flat. Mertens operates the Gold Nugget Inn and Mr. and Mrs. Hess operate the Duck Inn. The machines are being held at Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins’ office. Notice of intention to destroy. the .machines have been posted on the premises. Operators of. all three places were fined in*justice courts subsequent to the raid. : The writs charge that action taken by the district attorney to. destroy the machines constitutes an additional penalty for the crime; that the threatened action is judicial. in nature; that a notice of destruction was not posted on the premises at time of. seizure as required by county ordinance; and that the threatened action is unlawful. QUEEN CONTEST FOR FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION STARTS Contest for ‘queen of gold” of the centennial celebration to be held in Nevada City July 1, 2, 3, and 4, starts tomorrow, according to George Hansen, chairman of the queen contest committee. The queen will be crowned at a coronation ball Saturday night, July 1. She will receive a complete formal outfit and $50 cash. The two runners-up will receive $25 cash each. .The contest will close Wednesday, June 28, and only restriction will be residence requirement of . three months in Nevada county. Contestants must be: sponsored by a civic or fraternal organization which will handle sale of . tickets. Tickets will sell at two) bits apiece, each ticket worth 100 . votes for a candidate, or a book . of 2,000 votes for $5. Hansen said the proceeds will be used to finance the celebraGirl Scout camp at Scott’s Flat, and ‘Pioneer park. Two years ago $1,200 profit was turned over to the Girl Scouts, according to th chairman. . DAILY BUS SERVICE TO MARYSVILLE RESUMED . Daily bus service between Nevada City and Marysville was resumed Sunday, according to an announcement* by Kent Walker of the.Nevada County Bus Line. Travel on the route had been reduced to once weekly during the winter months. Walker also. announced a new schedule for the service, leaving Marysville at 3:p.m. for Nevada City, and returning to the Yuba county seat at 4:40 p.m. on Sundays. Week-day service schedules the bus to leave Marysville at 9:30 a.m. for Nevada City and leave Nevada City at 11 a.m. for the return trip. SHERIFF'S POSSE WILL RIDE AT WHEATLAND Nevada County Sheriff's Posse will open its 1950 riding season Sunday by participating in the Wheatland celebration, according to an announcement by Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins and Posse Captain E. L. “Bud” Kyle. Sheriff Hoskins reports the aero squadron of the posse will salute the town and expects to drop . congratulatory. leaflets to the valley city’s citizens. The’ posse was host.to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Posse the. past weekend, serving an openfire breakfast atop Banner mountain Saturday and dinner at the} . Gold Nugget Inn «in the evening. JACK NETTELL NAMED RECORDERS’ SECRETARY John E. “Jack” Nettell, Nevada county recorder, was elected secvetary-treasurer of the California County Recorders association at the annual convention held last Saturday at Yreka. Ernest. T. Johnson, Yreka, Siskiyou county recorder, was elected president of the association. The 1951 convention will be held in Santa Cruz. SURVEY COUNTY JOBS, SALARIES GETS UNDERWAY Survey of jobs and salaries of Nevada county employes began this week under the direction of John H. England, senior technician of the state personnel board. He is being assisted by Miss Guyla Runyan and Robert Fischer, All. are from Sacramento. They explained the survey at Monday’s session of the board of supervisors and attended by heads of county department. The survey is designed to adjust inequalities existing between county offices and. private industry. The survey is: estimated to cost about $1,200. In other actions the board of supervisors at regular session: Accepted resignation of Keif D. Melberg, county welfare director, who is accepting a similar position at Hanford. His resignation is effective May 12. No action was taken on four applications for the position. Accepted the resignation.of W. ‘L. Davies, trustee of Nevada cemetery district. Appropriated $2,600 to the state division of forestry for fire protection of rural structures. Rejected state director of finance offering to sub-Iet the county welfare office on Commercial street. Approved awarding of printing of -a 32-page booklet promoting Nevada county, to be published by the Grass Valley Union. Cost was estimated at $1,500. Considered curtailing expenses the welfare department 9 a of employed. Took under advisement quest by W. D. Valdon, president of Nevada county 4-H council, that the county secure services of a part time farm advisor to keep abreast of the. growing club activities in the county. Passed a resolution applying for $12,500 chapter 20 funds to match county monies for repair of military damage and improvements on McCourtney road. Heard County Recorder, John E. Nettell request a photostat machine that would cost approximately $6,000. PG&E CUTS GAS RATE IN NEVADA COUNTY New lower gas rates will bring about a saving of $13,000:a year to users of Pacific Gas and Electric piped gas in Nevada City and Grass Valley, according to an amnouncement by the company. The new lower rates for piped gas became effective on all regular meter readings taken on and after Monday. “The new lower rates come as a result of economies effected in transporation cost of fuel plus a reduction in the refinéry price of propane liquid gas,” Larry Farrell, district manager of the company, said. “In line with our long established policy, we .are passing along these savings. and economies to.our customers.” E Liquid propane is shipped by truck from the field to the plant and there processed and regulated for delivery under pressure into the distribution -pipes that serve Nevada City. and Grass Valley. It has a higher. heat content than the manufactured gas formerly supplied from the local system. MUSEUM OPEN SUNDAY Nevada County Historical Society museum will open the summer season this Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Later in the summer the museum plans to be open Saturdays. WINTER RETURN _. shirts which made their appearMARS MAY AND EARLY GARDENS Two inches of snow blanketed Nevada City Tuesday as_ the frosty breath of winter nipped spring buds and banished light ance in mid-April. It was the first unseasonal fall of snow in May in Nevada City since 1942 when snow fell the night!/of May 9-10 in sufficient quantity to damage trees. Frost was recorded by Fred Bush, weather observer, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Thursday mornings. The last two days minimum mercury readings were below the freezing point. Steady rain which started Monday and continued through Wednesday added three and _ onethird inches of precipitation to the ‘season’s record. The season total of rainfall since last.July 1 is 50.59 inches, about six inches above the mark of this date last year and slightly above the normal. Bush’s temperature record for the week is as follows: {May 1 proposition by the. by . cutting personnel from the 14 now} a. re. Max. Min. April 28 35 PVA ee 8 ce eee . May 3 . May 4. . SIERRA CITY MAN IS . KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH SATURDAY . . Mark Reinhard Smith, 26, Sierra City, was instantly killed, and Eric Ostrom, 46, Sierra City, sustained minor injuries in an be ONE-DAY CAMPAIGN ON SATURDAY, MAY 13 TO CLEAN-UP COUNTY A county-wide ‘“‘clean-up” campaign has been set for Saturday, May 13, by the Nevada County conservation “council, following approval Tuesday by the board of supervisors of purchase of a section of land on the American Ranch hill, west of Grass Valley as a public dumping grounds. A public dump already exists on Lost Hill near Nevada City. Western Nevada county has been sectionalized and crews and equipment assigned. Crews will concentrate on the major county roads, where the accumulation of trash is greatest. ; Crews will methodically clean each section. Burnable trash will be destroyed on the spot. Such items as glass, tin cans and garbage will be taken to the dump grounds and bulldozed under. Crews will meet at the Nevada irrigation district truck yard at 8:30 a.m. and the work day will continue until 1 p.m. Volunteer, individuals or groups, are urged to contribute man hours or vehicles. Following clean-up signs requesting .cooperation against the wide-spread dumping will be located on county roads. Trucks have been volunteered by the NED, state division of forestry, supervisors, and several individuals. : Men and tools will be provided by the state diVision of highways. Residents of the county are urged to cooperate in the campaign by cleaning up yards, vacant lots and streets. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WILL SPEAK BEFORE STUDENTS TUESDAY Walter C. Smith. San Francisautomobile accident Saturday at 10:40 p.m., six miles east of} , Downieville. . . The accident occurred when . Issmith attempted to. pass a car. drivén by Mrs. Valetta Mason, . also of Sierra City. Smith’s car . struck 'a rock wall and rolled} over twice. According to the. . ! highway patrol Smith was trav. eling at excessive speed when . the accident occurred. Both cars . were traveling, east on high. way 49. . Funeral services were held at . Sierra City Wednesday afternoon and interment was in Sierra City cemetery. 25-YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN ON BOND ISSUE Tentative retirement schedule of 25 years for NevadaCity’s $155,000 bond issue was set up at Monday’s night informal sesco, well known lecturer on electrical engineering and _ consultant for the General Electric company in San Francisco, will address the Nevada City high schocl student body Tuesday. at subject will be ‘‘Industry Turns to Research.” While in this area, Smith wil! speak Monday to the Grass Valley Rotary club, Tuesday afternoon here, and Tuesday evening at the American Legion post in Grass Valley. BIDS ASKED AGAIN ON FAIR GROUNDS WORK Sealed bids for construction of 1:30 p.m. His} FIVE HIGHWAY PROJECTS ASKED BY STATE GROUP Five Nevada county highway projects have been recommended to the highway division of the department of public works for inclusion in the construction budget starting July 1, 1951, by the Sacramento. valley. council of the _ California state chamber of commerce, it was revealed this week. The projects are: Realignment and _ seconstruction of highway ‘20 between Nevada City and Grass Valley. This is a contemplated four-lane freeway. Grade and surface highway 20 for eight miles west from Grass Valley. Realign and bridge.on highway 49 from Bear river bridge to four miles south of Rattlesnake creek bridge. Grade and surface highway 49 from North San Juan eight miles south. Realign and reconstruct’ high“way 89 from Hobart Mills to Sierra county line. Nevada county was omitted in the 1950-51 budget of the highway division. G. T. McCoy, state highway engineer, in a recent letter, stated Nevada county was allotted an estimate of $916,000 for highway construction for a five-year period from July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1952, and.in the three-year period ending June 30, 1950, the division of highways will have expended $969,000 for construction of state highways in Nevada county, exceeding the estimated allotment. In addition, McCoy said, Nevada county this year will probably see start of construction of the . Washington road estimated to . cost $216,033 and will utilize almost all the county’s allocation of federal aid secondary and state matching funds. -Highway projects recommend,ed for nearby counties include: . Sierra county: highway 49, De. pot Hill, realignment and reconstruction, one mile; and grade and surface 13 miles east from Bassetts toward Yuba pass summit. Placer county: four-lane divided. project on U. S. highway 40 from Sacramento county line to Roseville, Newcastle to Auburn, and Applegate to-Gold Run. Grade and surface highway 49 from DeWitt state hospital to the Nevada county line. Yuba county: Grade and widen portions of highway 20 at Browns Valley, east of Marysville. BPWC TO MEET TUESDAY first buildings at the Nevada county fair grounds of the 17th. association, . fessional Women’s Club will have district agricultural and for grading, tem and fencing of the property, . will be received at the office of sion of the city council at city . hall. Final action in the form of . a resolution, was to have been taken at last night’s regular May meeting of the council; but with The Nugget going to press before the meeting started we are unable to carry the story. The bonds were tentatively scheduled to retire at the rate o $5,000 per year with the exception of six years when $10,000 would be retired. The schedule is based on a 60 cents tax rate with interest estimated'at about 2% percent. To offset the increase in tax rate the fire tax may be reduced from 20 cents to 10 cents and a similar decrease in the. library tax. One policeman and one or two street employes may be eliminated also. — LIQUOR CASE REFERRED TO STATE BOARD OFFICE Case of P. G. and Esther; Ash‘ton, Grass Valley, convicted in Grass Valley justice court of retailing beer to minors, will be referred to the California board of equalization for disposition as result of a hearing held Tuesday in justice courtroom of the court house. The state board will meet the latter part of this month for con-. sideration of license’ suspensions. ethe division of architecture, public: works building, 1120 N street, . Sacramento; up to 2° p.m.,:Tuesday, May 16. . One bid calls for construction . of a home.economics building, . poultry building and _ comfort stations. The second bid calls for grading of the grounds, installation of a drainage system and erection of fences. All bids on the first call were rejected recently on: the grounds they were too high. ACCORDIONIST TO PLAY AT EVANGELIST SERIES Arnie Hartman, world-famous accordionist, will be the featured artist at the union evangelistical . . campaign meetings Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, next week, according to Rev. John MacDonald, pastor of Nevada City Baptist church. Saturday evening a motion picture will be shown: ‘‘God of Creation.” Rev. G. Robert Stacey will continue to conduct the nightly services at 7:45 each evening through the week. All Protestant churches of Nevada City and Grass Valley are cooperating in the series, which is being held in the Veterans Memorial building in Grass drainage Ssys-) _ AT LAGESON HOME Nevada City Business and Proa forum meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Wanda © Lageson, according to Mrs. Clayre Lipman, president. STRICTLY FRESH HE @bbreviated “Bikini” bath“ing suit is a necessity in any beautiful woman’s wardrobe, says its French designer. The barest_ necessity, we might add. . s = s * The biggest trouble involved: in making a blueprint for world peace is trying to work in the Reds. : e s Ea A Massachusetts youth has suffered 45 bone fractures in the first: 15 years of his life. Here’s one guy nobody envies, even if he does: get all the breaks. : : ‘ ss s 86 ‘ Headline: ‘Music Seen as Means: to Furthering Peace.” On the other hand, it’s been known to start some. spectacular fights, too. s ¢* 8 A New York used car dealer is accepting a dozen eggs as a down: Payment on second-hand autos. He’s expecting a mad scramble of: Valley.

. Serving Nevada City and Grass Valley ‘Nevada ity Nugget Gateway to-a \ \ Recreation Paradise Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, May 5, 1950 Subscription, Year $2.50; Single Copy 5c Twenty-Third’ Year — No. YW Li, Ge ‘e Arounc 4 Yl Y ¢ % VA MAY DAY: Heavy rain and threatened snow in Nevada City. . Two and a half -hours average! travel time between Truckee and county seat, due to unseasonable snow. Suggested scene of Maypole dance: around the shiny pole in Fireman’s hall. But it was cold in Berlin, too, for which we may be thankful. Threatened invasion of West Berlin by Communist youth in a May day demonstration did not pan out.-Our relief at the passing of another crisis is like postponing a needed trip to the dentist’s office. * KITE FLYING: Jon wanted to fly a kite, persuaded Daddy. to help him make one. Though it’s been 30 years since Daddy flew a kite, he tried again. Made the kite alright; but it was a little heavy on one side. Daddy should have quit right there, having delivered the quota to save a reputation. * But Daddy had to fly the kite too. The hill slope was right but the breeze was_ irregular. No reports have come in from the neighbors who saw a long skinny guy galloping down the hillside, pulling a string to which a piece of , wrapping paper and bright cloth was fastened. No dignity, probably no sense either, they thought. Now Jon has a badly battered kite to repair and Daddy has used up. most of the liniment. Neither had the thrill of seeing * bd their masterpiece soar into the blue. up-yonder. Daddy’s score: . zero. * GOLDEN HIGHWAY: Millions * * of dollars in gold was hauled out of Timbuctoo and, Rough and! Ready down the winding road to . Sacramenc?in the gold rush days . ‘a century’ back. The unimagina. tive designation for that trail is. now Sign Route 20. Andy W.) Rogers of Rough and Ready thinks it should properly be known. as the Golden Highway. Incidentally, Andy is cooking with an idea about a celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the demise of the Independent Republic of Rough and Ready. It would fall on the Fourth of July, Andy: claims. His version is that the illstarred republic was proclaimed locally in order to avoid U. S. mining taxes and to set up tariff: walls or something so the miners could exclude some of the characters coming in to their diggings. All went well with the high-flyin’ talk in the spring of 1850—until somebody proposed 'a big Fourth of July celebration. But they couldn’t do that if they were a foreign nation. So, according to Jack McDowell of the San Francisco Call-Buylletin, “they killed off their republic.and came back into the fold of the: Union.” Hasn’t Andy heard that Nevada City will hold its biggest and best Fourth of July celebration this year? That we will also celebrate our Centennial? That a committee is hard at work packing four gays with activities? But this needn’t be a competitive situation. It would be a fine gesture if a big caravan of local folks went down to Rough and Ready on July 4th and shot off a few fireworks. If there was a little embarrassment at the first patriotic celebration, there’s no reason why there should be now, 100 years later. SOPHOMORE DANCE Nevada City high school sophomore class dance will be held in the school gymnasium tonight at 8 o’clock, according to an announcement by Ed Frantz, class Adviser. David Mott and Pete Ray are in charge of the dance arrangements and Joe Fisher, class president, will be in charge. Kent Walker and his orchestra will furnish the music. ‘tion and proceeds will go to the WRITS FILED BY TAVERN MEN T0 SAVE MACHINES Three writs of prohibition were filed this past week by Crofford W. Bridges, Grass Valley,* attorney, on behalf of his clients, Aj Tick, Francis C. Mertens and William and Charlotte Hess, tavern operators. The writs ask that District Attorney Vernon Stoll be restrained from destroying 11 slot machines seized .by grand jury action Jan. 28. Tick was proprietor of Tick’s Place, Hills Flat. Mertens operates the Gold Nugget Inn and Mr. and Mrs. Hess operate the Duck Inn. The machines are being held at Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins’ office. Notice of intention to destroy. the .machines have been posted on the premises. Operators of. all three places were fined in*justice courts subsequent to the raid. : The writs charge that action taken by the district attorney to. destroy the machines constitutes an additional penalty for the crime; that the threatened action is judicial. in nature; that a notice of destruction was not posted on the premises at time of. seizure as required by county ordinance; and that the threatened action is unlawful. QUEEN CONTEST FOR FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION STARTS Contest for ‘queen of gold” of the centennial celebration to be held in Nevada City July 1, 2, 3, and 4, starts tomorrow, according to George Hansen, chairman of the queen contest committee. The queen will be crowned at a coronation ball Saturday night, July 1. She will receive a complete formal outfit and $50 cash. The two runners-up will receive $25 cash each. .The contest will close Wednesday, June 28, and only restriction will be residence requirement of . three months in Nevada county. Contestants must be: sponsored by a civic or fraternal organization which will handle sale of . tickets. Tickets will sell at two) bits apiece, each ticket worth 100 . votes for a candidate, or a book . of 2,000 votes for $5. Hansen said the proceeds will be used to finance the celebraGirl Scout camp at Scott’s Flat, and ‘Pioneer park. Two years ago $1,200 profit was turned over to the Girl Scouts, according to th chairman. . DAILY BUS SERVICE TO MARYSVILLE RESUMED . Daily bus service between Nevada City and Marysville was resumed Sunday, according to an announcement* by Kent Walker of the.Nevada County Bus Line. Travel on the route had been reduced to once weekly during the winter months. Walker also. announced a new schedule for the service, leaving Marysville at 3:p.m. for Nevada City, and returning to the Yuba county seat at 4:40 p.m. on Sundays. Week-day service schedules the bus to leave Marysville at 9:30 a.m. for Nevada City and leave Nevada City at 11 a.m. for the return trip. SHERIFF'S POSSE WILL RIDE AT WHEATLAND Nevada County Sheriff's Posse will open its 1950 riding season Sunday by participating in the Wheatland celebration, according to an announcement by Sheriff Richard W. Hoskins and Posse Captain E. L. “Bud” Kyle. Sheriff Hoskins reports the aero squadron of the posse will salute the town and expects to drop . congratulatory. leaflets to the valley city’s citizens. The’ posse was host.to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Posse the. past weekend, serving an openfire breakfast atop Banner mountain Saturday and dinner at the} . Gold Nugget Inn «in the evening. JACK NETTELL NAMED RECORDERS’ SECRETARY John E. “Jack” Nettell, Nevada county recorder, was elected secvetary-treasurer of the California County Recorders association at the annual convention held last Saturday at Yreka. Ernest. T. Johnson, Yreka, Siskiyou county recorder, was elected president of the association. The 1951 convention will be held in Santa Cruz. SURVEY COUNTY JOBS, SALARIES GETS UNDERWAY Survey of jobs and salaries of Nevada county employes began this week under the direction of John H. England, senior technician of the state personnel board. He is being assisted by Miss Guyla Runyan and Robert Fischer, All. are from Sacramento. They explained the survey at Monday’s session of the board of supervisors and attended by heads of county department. The survey is designed to adjust inequalities existing between county offices and. private industry. The survey is: estimated to cost about $1,200. In other actions the board of supervisors at regular session: Accepted resignation of Keif D. Melberg, county welfare director, who is accepting a similar position at Hanford. His resignation is effective May 12. No action was taken on four applications for the position. Accepted the resignation.of W. ‘L. Davies, trustee of Nevada cemetery district. Appropriated $2,600 to the state division of forestry for fire protection of rural structures. Rejected state director of finance offering to sub-Iet the county welfare office on Commercial street. Approved awarding of printing of -a 32-page booklet promoting Nevada county, to be published by the Grass Valley Union. Cost was estimated at $1,500. Considered curtailing expenses the welfare department 9 a of employed. Took under advisement quest by W. D. Valdon, president of Nevada county 4-H council, that the county secure services of a part time farm advisor to keep abreast of the. growing club activities in the county. Passed a resolution applying for $12,500 chapter 20 funds to match county monies for repair of military damage and improvements on McCourtney road. Heard County Recorder, John E. Nettell request a photostat machine that would cost approximately $6,000. PG&E CUTS GAS RATE IN NEVADA COUNTY New lower gas rates will bring about a saving of $13,000:a year to users of Pacific Gas and Electric piped gas in Nevada City and Grass Valley, according to an amnouncement by the company. The new lower rates for piped gas became effective on all regular meter readings taken on and after Monday. “The new lower rates come as a result of economies effected in transporation cost of fuel plus a reduction in the refinéry price of propane liquid gas,” Larry Farrell, district manager of the company, said. “In line with our long established policy, we .are passing along these savings. and economies to.our customers.” E Liquid propane is shipped by truck from the field to the plant

and there processed and regulated for delivery under pressure into the distribution -pipes that serve Nevada City. and Grass Valley. It has a higher. heat content than the manufactured gas formerly supplied from the local system. MUSEUM OPEN SUNDAY Nevada County Historical Society museum will open the summer season this Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Later in the summer the museum plans to be open Saturdays. WINTER RETURN _. shirts which made their appearMARS MAY AND EARLY GARDENS Two inches of snow blanketed Nevada City Tuesday as_ the frosty breath of winter nipped spring buds and banished light ance in mid-April. It was the first unseasonal fall of snow in May in Nevada City since 1942 when snow fell the night!/of May 9-10 in sufficient quantity to damage trees. Frost was recorded by Fred Bush, weather observer, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Thursday mornings. The last two days minimum mercury readings were below the freezing point. Steady rain which started Monday and continued through Wednesday added three and _ onethird inches of precipitation to the ‘season’s record. The season total of rainfall since last.July 1 is 50.59 inches, about six inches above the mark of this date last year and slightly above the normal. Bush’s temperature record for the week is as follows: {May 1 proposition by the. by . cutting personnel from the 14 now} a. re. Max. Min. April 28 35 PVA ee 8 ce eee . May 3 . May 4. . SIERRA CITY MAN IS . KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH SATURDAY . . Mark Reinhard Smith, 26, Sierra City, was instantly killed, and Eric Ostrom, 46, Sierra City, sustained minor injuries in an be ONE-DAY CAMPAIGN ON SATURDAY, MAY 13 TO CLEAN-UP COUNTY A county-wide ‘“‘clean-up” campaign has been set for Saturday, May 13, by the Nevada County conservation “council, following approval Tuesday by the board of supervisors of purchase of a section of land on the American Ranch hill, west of Grass Valley as a public dumping grounds. A public dump already exists on Lost Hill near Nevada City. Western Nevada county has been sectionalized and crews and equipment assigned. Crews will concentrate on the major county roads, where the accumulation of trash is greatest. ; Crews will methodically clean each section. Burnable trash will be destroyed on the spot. Such items as glass, tin cans and garbage will be taken to the dump grounds and bulldozed under. Crews will meet at the Nevada irrigation district truck yard at 8:30 a.m. and the work day will continue until 1 p.m. Volunteer, individuals or groups, are urged to contribute man hours or vehicles. Following clean-up signs requesting .cooperation against the wide-spread dumping will be located on county roads. Trucks have been volunteered by the NED, state division of forestry, supervisors, and several individuals. : Men and tools will be provided by the state diVision of highways. Residents of the county are urged to cooperate in the campaign by cleaning up yards, vacant lots and streets. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WILL SPEAK BEFORE STUDENTS TUESDAY Walter C. Smith. San Francisautomobile accident Saturday at 10:40 p.m., six miles east of} , Downieville. . . The accident occurred when . Issmith attempted to. pass a car. drivén by Mrs. Valetta Mason, . also of Sierra City. Smith’s car . struck 'a rock wall and rolled} over twice. According to the. . ! highway patrol Smith was trav. eling at excessive speed when . the accident occurred. Both cars . were traveling, east on high. way 49. . Funeral services were held at . Sierra City Wednesday afternoon and interment was in Sierra City cemetery. 25-YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN ON BOND ISSUE Tentative retirement schedule of 25 years for NevadaCity’s $155,000 bond issue was set up at Monday’s night informal sesco, well known lecturer on electrical engineering and _ consultant for the General Electric company in San Francisco, will address the Nevada City high schocl student body Tuesday. at subject will be ‘‘Industry Turns to Research.” While in this area, Smith wil! speak Monday to the Grass Valley Rotary club, Tuesday afternoon here, and Tuesday evening at the American Legion post in Grass Valley. BIDS ASKED AGAIN ON FAIR GROUNDS WORK Sealed bids for construction of 1:30 p.m. His} FIVE HIGHWAY PROJECTS ASKED BY STATE GROUP Five Nevada county highway projects have been recommended to the highway division of the department of public works for inclusion in the construction budget starting July 1, 1951, by the Sacramento. valley. council of the _ California state chamber of commerce, it was revealed this week. The projects are: Realignment and _ seconstruction of highway ‘20 between Nevada City and Grass Valley. This is a contemplated four-lane freeway. Grade and surface highway 20 for eight miles west from Grass Valley. Realign and bridge.on highway 49 from Bear river bridge to four miles south of Rattlesnake creek bridge. Grade and surface highway 49 from North San Juan eight miles south. Realign and reconstruct’ high“way 89 from Hobart Mills to Sierra county line. Nevada county was omitted in the 1950-51 budget of the highway division. G. T. McCoy, state highway engineer, in a recent letter, stated Nevada county was allotted an estimate of $916,000 for highway construction for a five-year period from July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1952, and.in the three-year period ending June 30, 1950, the division of highways will have expended $969,000 for construction of state highways in Nevada county, exceeding the estimated allotment. In addition, McCoy said, Nevada county this year will probably see start of construction of the . Washington road estimated to . cost $216,033 and will utilize almost all the county’s allocation of federal aid secondary and state matching funds. -Highway projects recommend,ed for nearby counties include: . Sierra county: highway 49, De. pot Hill, realignment and reconstruction, one mile; and grade and surface 13 miles east from Bassetts toward Yuba pass summit. Placer county: four-lane divided. project on U. S. highway 40 from Sacramento county line to Roseville, Newcastle to Auburn, and Applegate to-Gold Run. Grade and surface highway 49 from DeWitt state hospital to the Nevada county line. Yuba county: Grade and widen portions of highway 20 at Browns Valley, east of Marysville. BPWC TO MEET TUESDAY first buildings at the Nevada county fair grounds of the 17th. association, . fessional Women’s Club will have district agricultural and for grading, tem and fencing of the property, . will be received at the office of sion of the city council at city . hall. Final action in the form of . a resolution, was to have been taken at last night’s regular May meeting of the council; but with The Nugget going to press before the meeting started we are unable to carry the story. The bonds were tentatively scheduled to retire at the rate o $5,000 per year with the exception of six years when $10,000 would be retired. The schedule is based on a 60 cents tax rate with interest estimated'at about 2% percent. To offset the increase in tax rate the fire tax may be reduced from 20 cents to 10 cents and a similar decrease in the. library tax. One policeman and one or two street employes may be eliminated also. — LIQUOR CASE REFERRED TO STATE BOARD OFFICE Case of P. G. and Esther; Ash‘ton, Grass Valley, convicted in Grass Valley justice court of retailing beer to minors, will be referred to the California board of equalization for disposition as result of a hearing held Tuesday in justice courtroom of the court house. The state board will meet the latter part of this month for con-. sideration of license’ suspensions. ethe division of architecture, public: works building, 1120 N street, . Sacramento; up to 2° p.m.,:Tuesday, May 16. . One bid calls for construction . of a home.economics building, . poultry building and _ comfort stations. The second bid calls for grading of the grounds, installation of a drainage system and erection of fences. All bids on the first call were rejected recently on: the grounds they were too high. ACCORDIONIST TO PLAY AT EVANGELIST SERIES Arnie Hartman, world-famous accordionist, will be the featured artist at the union evangelistical . . campaign meetings Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, next week, according to Rev. John MacDonald, pastor of Nevada City Baptist church. Saturday evening a motion picture will be shown: ‘‘God of Creation.” Rev. G. Robert Stacey will continue to conduct the nightly services at 7:45 each evening through the week. All Protestant churches of Nevada City and Grass Valley are cooperating in the series, which is being held in the Veterans Memorial building in Grass drainage Ssys-) _ AT LAGESON HOME Nevada City Business and Proa forum meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Wanda © Lageson, according to Mrs. Clayre Lipman, president. STRICTLY FRESH HE @bbreviated “Bikini” bath“ing suit is a necessity in any beautiful woman’s wardrobe, says its French designer. The barest_ necessity, we might add. . s = s * The biggest trouble involved: in making a blueprint for world peace is trying to work in the Reds. : e s Ea A Massachusetts youth has suffered 45 bone fractures in the first: 15 years of his life. Here’s one guy nobody envies, even if he does: get all the breaks. : : ‘ ss s 86 ‘ Headline: ‘Music Seen as Means: to Furthering Peace.” On the other hand, it’s been known to start some. spectacular fights, too. s ¢* 8 A New York used car dealer is accepting a dozen eggs as a down: Payment on second-hand autos. He’s expecting a mad scramble of: Valley.