May 8, 1939 (4 pages)

Thinking Out® Loud ° By H. M. L. » COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIAin the right to publish the Truth, — with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. The taherty of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil‘(Much attention has been given of late years to folk stories, folk songs and folk dances,. But thus far we know of no one, literary researcher or folk lore antequary, who has delved into what would seem to us to be a very rich field for that kind of endeavor, in California. Bancroft, the historian, made a start in folk lore study in “Pastoral ‘California,’ ‘which for those who are interested in the manner of life of our predecessors in California led a hundred years ago, is deeply absorbing. We often year casual mention made of the California Mexicans. As a matter of fact, save that at one time the ancestors of our Spanish ‘Californians, were under the Mexican government, they are no more Mexican than other native born Californians. On the distaff side of the family of a majority of Spanish Californians, their ancestry runs far back into prehistoric times. For the maternal ancestors of the greater part of these native sons,’ were the aborigenes. ‘Bancroft tells of the ‘willow families’’ the great rancheros sired in. addition to the legitimate brood that grew up in the haciendas. ' Phe rancheros, generally, were the officers of the Spanish ' soldiery whose services were frequently rewarded with huge grants of land. Though some ‘of ‘the soldiers also received grants, in the main these Were made only to the “gente de razon’’ or the gentle folk of Spain’s upper circles. Occasionally the Indian mother of the willow family, either passed away, or was overcome by tribal longings and abandoned her wickiup in the willows, in which event the senora called the wildlings out of the willows into the hacienda, adopted the motherless brood and brought them up with her own children. They became family retainers and were accorded every privilege that her own children enjoyed, except, as a rule, that of inheriting land, This would’ indicate that the Spanish colonists of California were a tolerant and kindly people. In contrast with our. Puritan forebears, whose view of such an irregularity is reflected in the savage penalty visited on the heroine in Hawthorne’s “The Searlet Letter,” the eariy Galifornians treated such matters as minor peccadillos, regarding them with an indulgence born, perhaps,of a gentle climate and an easy way of life. In this: pastoral background where were wide open spaces to be peopled and illimitable vistas of lanid to be: dotted with grazing cattle, sheep and horses, the folk lore, proverbs, the dances and the songs of old Spain persisted. Written music or books were rarities. In fact even in such-homes as those of the Vallejos, the Castros and the De la Cuestas, there were few books. But there was, as compared with today, an abundant leisure. The tunes and the words of the old songs, some of them ‘dating back to the time of the Moors in Spain, were remembered and handed down from father to son, from mother to daughter. : The old dances have a way ot being resurrected like the fashoins in clothing. We strongly: suspect that the dances that La Argentine performs are but elaborations upon the jota and tarantula, that were ancient when Cervantes wrote “Don Quixote.” But the songs of old Spain have not fared so well. They are still sometimes sung at gatherings of the Spanish Californians. In fact like legends, they grew robustly during the 75 years, 1775 until 1850, that. the Spaniards dominated California, for ever and anon there rose a pastoral singer or poet who added a verse or two to these folk songs. The songs themselves were often ‘dramatic. They told a story that ran from high passion to deep despair, and the music followed in mlajor or minor key. Before these old peasant songs of Spain are lost completely, we sincerely hope there will appear on the California scene a scholar interested in rescuing them from the oblivion which threatens them ‘in the hurly-burly high pressure of life as it is lived today. Herbert and Henry Paine of Lake City stopped over in Nevada City today enroute home from a week end spent in Sacramento on business. They saw portions of the parade which preceeded the rodeo celebration of the sie ok Empire Centennial. ‘Vol. 13, No. 37. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA , _ The Gold Center — MONDAY, MAY 8, 1939 — INFANT, ONE YEAR OLD DROWNS IN TOWNTALK DITCH Robert Dale Coleman, aged one year two months and twenty days, accidentally fell into the big irrigation canal near the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clea Coleman “on the Banner road and was drowned yesterday morning. He was missed at about 9 o’clock and WHarl Raymond while trout fishing above Gold Flat and near Town Talk found the little body floating in the swift current at about 11:30. Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen had been notified of the missing child and formed a posse, which were hunting when the chiid was found Mr. and Mrs Coleman the parents, are from Oklahoma. Fureral services will be held at 10 o’clock tomorrow. AERIAL MAP OF TAHOE FOREST IN THE MAKING The ground control work preliminary to actual flying in connection with the proposed Tahoe national forest aerial map is progressing satiisfactorily according to L. B. Lint who is in charge of this work. Lint’s assistant, G. W. Morrison, working out of Grass Valley CCC camp with several enrollees is establishing the control stations and setting up targets in the. territory Grass Valley west and south to the Lincoln-Auburn line. The control points are ordinarily established four miles apart and are marked by targets set in trees and displaying white or. red flags Lint states that there has been one established at the Nevada City airport with the target 108 feet above the ground. Some gre built in the form of a wigwam so as to present greater visibility since shots have to be taken of them as far as thirty miles away. Lint ‘himself follows up and ‘‘observes’’ the control That is, gets the latitude and longitude and ties them in to U. S. G. S, and Coast and Geodetic Survey stations. At eaeh point an angle ts cleared on the ground and filled with agricultural gypsum. These squares are made large enough so that they, will appear in the aerial photo. Lint’ slays that the targets Have created a great deal of speculation among _local residents at various places who did not know what they meant and in one place on the South Fork of the Feather river they almost caused a feud. To avoid anything like this and satisfy public curiosity, Lint states that cards are now being put on each station, explaining just what they are ‘put there for. Leland §S. Smith and B. C. Goldsmith of the Tahoe national forest staff are engaged in marking section corners, These will be tied in on aerial photo, Lint says, and in turn, towns, ranches, bridges, ete., will be tied in so that in the end there should be, for the first time, a truly accurate map of the Tahoe forest and adjacent territory. FOREST SERVICE -EXTINGUISHES 2 SMALL FIRES Three tenths of an acre of ground was burned over not far from the Tahoe-Ukiah highway and east of Scotts Flat dam at about midnight last night, before national forest and ‘tstate officials arrived on the scene. Ranger ‘Frank McCaslin of North Bloomfield; CCC boys and tate Ranger Will F. Sharpe at the local state camp responded and had the fire under control in short order. In the Tahoe national forest last week a 140 acre fire occurred near Boca dam east of Trugkee, SHERMAN MARSH IS BORNE TO HIS GRAVE Funeral services for the late Sherman Marsh were held at two o’clock this afternoon in the Holmes Funeral Home. Interment,was made in the (Masonic plot in. Pine Grove cemetery. Pall bearers were, Charles Williams, Horace Curnow, Dave Rich‘ards, Ben Hall, John Darke and George Legg. ye H os point, +Jilett and crew started placing oil surARCTIC MINE CLOSES DUE TO WATER LACK The, Arctic ine ‘6 north of Washington has been closed down about a month due to lack of water to genrate power in the plant at the mine ‘and workmen ‘started bringing electricity to the mine the l&tter part of last week. The light rainfall last winter curtailed operations to some extent and finally it became so dry the mine was closed. L. F. Utter, owner, who wants to prove the property as soon as possible is bringing the power from the Alleghany power line that extends into the Washington district. It is understood recent development opened up wide veins of mill grade ore. Don C. Billick of Nevada City,'is mill superintendent. He has been ill. for several weeks with influenza but was able to return to the mine‘ last week. NEVADA COUNTY GOES TO FAIR SUNDAY, MAY 21 Further information on the Nevada County Day at Treasure Island, Sunday, May 21, fives the following facts: Children 11 years or under from Nevada City and Grass Valley will make the round trip from Colfax and return for as low as 30 cents; high school students 12 to 18 years the fare is $1.60; adults $3.35. Some question arose as to adults attending the fair and it was found after consulting Ralph Deeble, chairman in charge, all persons wishing to attend are welcome to go. In fact since the gupervisors. were so generous as to assist in making special rates for everyone it should be fully patronized to show appreciation. The trip from Truckee will the'a little higher in proportion to distance, for instance children 11 years or under ,the fare will be 80 cents round trip. Mr. Deeble stated that children. under five years will not be permitted to make the trip unless accompanied by some adult TESDOws ‘sible for them. The Nevada City Glee Club of 35 members and Grass: Valley high . School band composing 50 members, . will make the trip. Tickets will be on sale in Nevada City, Truckee and Grass Valley as soon as places can be arranged. The special rates are also for Mt. St. Marys business school students and pupils in Grass Valley. While several cities and counties lhave had days at the fair on Treas-~ tiie Island ‘but so far as known Nevada County is the only one that has advanced money to make it possible ‘for.the students and citizens to atterfd at such rates. : SEVERAL CITY STREETS WILL BE SURFACED Street Superintendent Herbert Hal’ face on Spring street from the Downieville highway to West Broad street, The street has been graded and is in fine ‘condition. From there oiling will continue on Spring street just back of the Methodist church and from there to Mill street. Next in order will come Nile street between Adam and Nimrod and the lower Grass Valley road which has now bécome a boulevard with the widening and many. other improvements about a number of new homes. When this is completed oiling will proceed to the rest of the streets needing surfacing in Nevada City or until cool weather comes in the fall. After quitting time on street work Mr. Hallett goes to the Nevada City airport and blasts out stumps along the airfield. There are 20 in one group and 40 in another. a COWLES TRIAL The second trial of Herbert Cow_les, charged with the murder of his father Charles Cowles, will start. tomorrow. A jury disagreed in -the first trial. _ Mrs. Hal Dp: Draper réceived a sudden shock last evening when a call came from Oakland stating that her sister in law, Mrs. Norman Shaw, had just passed away at 5 o'clock after being suddnely stricken Saturday. ~ing SenatorFOREST SERVICE * . POSTS LOOKOUTS FOR EARLY FIRES Due to the dry, season lookouts for three stations have been called by. the Tahoe national forest and all of them will be out by May 15 the usual da'te in years of heavy rainfall. Henry Casci of Nevada City is on Sardine lookout station; Minot Riddell of Camptonville,Alaska lookout; Frank Maher of Nevada City was sent Friday to the 9000 foot Martis Peak lookout; Henry Bopp is ‘gain on Banner lookout. It is expected all protective assistants will be at their statoins about the first of June. Two ranger districts have received field fire dispatchers, one being North Bloomfield and .the other Truckee. ° The continued dry, spell will send the others out shortly and it is expected the man will go to Grouse Ridge district this week. He will have to walk about four miles of snow to get to the station. E. L. Baxter will start training CCC boys methods of handling fires in the near future in .the TahoeUkiah camp. ECONOMY BLOC “CALLS HALT TO SPENDING SPREE SAICRAMENTO, May 8.—AttackRobert W. Kenny’s (Dem.) boast that the prolonged controversy over the lbudget was ‘‘a partisan fight, and would continue to be one,” Sen. Harry L. Parkman of San Mateo, today charged Governor Olson and his spokesmen with making it a partisan battle regardless of . the .cost to California’s taxpayers. Pointing to the bi-partisanship of the economy minded groups in both houses of the legislature, Sen; Parkman said it was the combination of Republicans and Democrats genuine. ly. interested in the -wettare of-tire state, that was determined that the “Olson ' inspired spending spree would not be financed at the expense of the people.’’ The San Mateo solon reported that the economy group in the senate intended to conduct a sedrching investigation of every item in the budget, eliminating all extravagant and unnecessary \jproposals in order that a sound reasonable budgetary figure might be reached. Cuts made in. the lower house thought to be too:severe will ‘be adjusted, according to Parkman, because efficient operation of state dApartments will not be interfered with. Senator Edward H. Tickle of Carmel, chairman of Revenue and Taxation. Committee, gave another example of the administration’s negligent financial attitude: ‘Senator , Kenny and his democrat majority rushed the budget through the Finance Commttee with less than fifteen minutes debate over a matter that involved spending $557,000,000.” “This action of Kenny’s means that such important items as creating 1444 new state jobs, erecting new buildings, providing for millions in new taxes, received but a few seconds thought, if any at all.” _ Fortunately for the people of California the destiny of the state’s affairs does not rest entirely in the hands of Senator Kenny and his co‘tiere of spenders, Tickel said. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen and wife and Mrs. Larsens sister, Mrs. Edna Miller, enjoyed a ‘motor trip to Truckee on Sunday. Mr. Larsen fished at Big Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Ed (Martine has as guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruggman, Mrs. ‘Annie Green, Miss Irma Green, Mr. and Mrs. Bruggman all of Maxwell. Joy (Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bellmore of ‘Glenns Ferry, Idaho have returned home after a month spent at Washington with Mr. Bellmore’s sister, Mrs. E. J. Haverstock. Mr. and Mrs. Al Williams and children attended the rodeo in Sacramento Sunday. The celebration is a part of the Golden Empire Centennial. _Fred Smith, formerly of Nevada City who is operating a min@ in Nevade state was a business visitor in. Mrs. Draper will go to Oakland to attend the funeral on Wednesday. Nevada City today and pe ceneiy on several friends. ‘ Fok es Piast at ieatesd Maes SS ist ‘Nevada Gity lost 6-1, & hands of Harold Marks. MeCraney, Saturday Arrangements have been made for one of the greatest rallies at North San Juan next Saturday ever held by. E Clampus Vitus since the days of the Argonauts, The old stage coach that, William Bull Meek drove will head the procession .that wiil march and counter march through San Jiuan’s main ‘street at 4:30 o’clock. There will be a dedication of a bronze plaque to the first fire department organized in 1862 in the historic town of rich gravel diggings. Since on next Saturday and Sunday, North San Juan ‘celebrates the P, G. Q E. installation of electric light and power, the Clampers are staging an enormous funeral in which the old kerosene lantern will be reverently jnterred. One hundred candidates: (poor blind brothers, to the Clampers) are to be paraded with flaring fusees and blaring music. At 5:30 there will be a great feast in which fifty fat cockerel’s will yield up their lives in a worthy cause. After the banquet, there will be another parade and then the Clampers will gather in Twamley hall for the initlation of the hardy candidates who will pledge allegiance to the Clamper’s renowned patron, St. Vitus. Saturday night at ten o’clock,.when the last blast on the hewgag has died away in merry echoes, Mid’s orches. tra will take the stage, there will be dancing for old and young until the first cock crow of Sunday morn. The great Clamer dinner at.which all the valiant Clamper trenchermen . day night to follow the day‘ —— and candidates will sit, is to be. given . . vities. Nor. San Juan Will Welcome Huge Crowd ee and Sunday in a great new dining room on which carpenters are now madly working in order to’finsh it by Saturday noon. It is an addition to Twamley hall. Miles Tilden, general chairman of the San Juan electric fiesto committee is supervising decorations which make the old placer camp a bright spot on the map of California, The program of entertainment Sunday of which Christian Anderson is in general charge, is as follows: 1 An Antler quartet from Nevada City, singing songs of the heart. : 2 Arthur Hill with accordian sel-_ ections. 8 Nine year old girl from Hills Fiat, singing Mexican songs. 4 Beverly Mathis in a dance number. 5 Ramona Duart, in classic and . popular songs. 6 Billy Tobiassen treble heart warmers. \? ‘Bill,Dent and Hazel Tilden in -~ instrumental numbers. 8 An address by George Hallock, recently re-elected president of the California Hydraulic: Mining Association, upon hydraulic mining and its’ importance to the Ridge. 9 Thirty mi sponsored by the clever singing hie tion with William mentator. 10 The Shearer Sisters in tap \dancing that clicks. ax ‘ There will be another dance Saws terly as comHi STUDENTS ON TIPTOE FOR GRADUATION . The student body held an out-door assembly Friday. Mr. Smith conduct; ed the orchestra, playing the following pieces: ‘‘Gliding Along,” ‘‘School Chums,” “Sir Galahad,’ “Russian Overture,’ “Cossack Invocation and Dance.”’ The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. Libbey who led her choruses in singing some of the old favorites. They sang ‘‘In the Evening by the Moonlight.’’, ‘Flow Gently Sweet Afton,’ ‘‘Who Is Sylvia’ and ended the assembly with the patriotic song ‘‘God Bless America’ in their own special arrangement. GRADUATION INVITATIONS The announcements and cards for the graduating class have arrived at ‘the office. The announcements are on a new type of paper and are made with simple, classic lines and a gold monogram. Each student has his choice in the 'type of printing on the and the girls the larger. Miss Baggley and the student body accountant have charge of the announcements. SENIOR FARCE The senior farce is progressing rapidly. Each member of the senior class is selling tickets for the performances. which will be Friday and Saturday night. The cast will practice on the stage of the grammar school ofternoon and evenings this week. Mr, Hobbie is in charge of the seenery and stage. TENNIS TEAM DEFEATED ‘The Nevada City tennis team met defeat at the hands of Grass Valley by a seore of nine matches to nothing. Dootlittle, number one player of 6-3, at the Ruth, Martin, Mitchell and Muscardini were likewise defeated although Bob Mitchell made a hard fight against Eva to lase 643, 6-2. The doubles teams fared no better for Doolittle and MeCraney lost . ‘ 6-4, 6-1. Ruth and Martin lost 6-2, 6-8; and Mitchell and Leonard were defeated 6-3, 6-2. Of this year’s team only three were seniors, so there should be a fine team. again. inext . year. Ruth is a junior and Mitch Martin and Leonard are sophomores “here are many promisi in the freshman class: who cards. The boys have the small cards! CLARK ANSWERS Mrs. Marguerite Clark wife of Henry Clark of Nursery street passed away in a local hospital at.an early hour this morning after being sud-’ denly stricken about 1:30 Sunday morning, She was the former Miss Marguerite Chatfield of Pike City but had resided in Nevada City many years. Her sudden ‘passing ‘has brought sorrow to the many friends and relatiyes throughout the county where she was so widely known for eet deeds. Left to mourn her passing are: ‘née husband who is critically ill, three sons, Ellis, Melvin and Wendell, the last about eight years old, besides parents and brothers’ and sisters. — The remains,are at Holmes Funeral Home. Funeral rr will be anaounced later. a) BASEBALL The Nevada City Antlers baseball wh team will meet the Grass Valley — Laundry team on Henessey Field in’ Grass Valley néxt Wednesday afternoon. About 100 persons were present for the delightful dance given In the Elks hall Saturday evening by the Antlers. ee Louie Savio, Bill Buffington, ‘and Mrs. W.-C, Buffington enjo. bass fishing at Verona Sunday. Say brought home a fifteen and a pound bass, one of the large brought to this city in some time. tend the Treasure Island expis i . on May 21 which is Nevada Coum Day. If they go representing # school, their fare will be paid, the rates are very low on ‘that Many persons “from ‘the high will attend that day. All” will » Nevada county ribbons. ANNUAL Q QUILL. Dorechs Hoff, as circulation

Thinking Out® Loud ° By H. M. L. » COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIAin the right to publish the Truth, — with good motives and for justifiable ends. ton. The taherty of the Press consists —Alexander Hamil‘(Much attention has been given of late years to folk stories, folk songs and folk dances,. But thus far we know of no one, literary researcher or folk lore antequary, who has delved into what would seem to us to be a very rich field for that kind of endeavor, in California. Bancroft, the historian, made a start in folk lore study in “Pastoral ‘California,’ ‘which for those who are interested in the manner of life of our predecessors in California led a hundred years ago, is deeply absorbing. We often year casual mention made of the California Mexicans. As a matter of fact, save that at one time the ancestors of our Spanish ‘Californians, were under the Mexican government, they are no more Mexican than other native born Californians. On the distaff side of the family of a majority of Spanish Californians, their ancestry runs far back into prehistoric times. For the maternal ancestors of the greater part of these native sons,’ were the aborigenes. ‘Bancroft tells of the ‘willow families’’ the great rancheros sired in. addition to the legitimate brood that grew up in the haciendas. ' Phe rancheros, generally, were the officers of the Spanish ' soldiery whose services were frequently rewarded with huge grants of land. Though some ‘of ‘the soldiers also received grants, in the main these Were made only to the “gente de razon’’ or the gentle folk of Spain’s upper circles. Occasionally the Indian mother of the willow family, either passed away, or was overcome by tribal longings and abandoned her wickiup in the willows, in which event the senora called the wildlings out of the willows into the hacienda, adopted the motherless brood and brought them up with her own children. They became family retainers and were accorded every privilege that her own children enjoyed, except, as a rule, that of inheriting land, This would’ indicate that the Spanish colonists of California were a tolerant and kindly people. In contrast with our. Puritan forebears, whose view of such an irregularity is reflected in the savage penalty visited on the heroine in Hawthorne’s “The Searlet Letter,” the eariy Galifornians treated such matters as minor peccadillos, regarding them with an indulgence born, perhaps,of a gentle climate and an easy way of life. In this: pastoral background where were wide open spaces to be peopled and illimitable vistas of lanid to be: dotted with grazing cattle, sheep and horses, the folk lore, proverbs, the dances and the songs of old Spain persisted. Written music or books were rarities. In fact even in such-homes as those of the Vallejos, the Castros and the De la Cuestas, there were few books. But there was, as compared with today, an abundant leisure. The tunes and the words of the old songs, some of them ‘dating back to the time of the Moors in Spain, were remembered and handed down from father to son, from mother to daughter. : The old dances have a way ot being resurrected like the fashoins in clothing. We strongly: suspect that the dances that La Argentine performs are but elaborations upon the jota and tarantula, that were ancient when Cervantes wrote “Don Quixote.” But the songs of old Spain have not fared so well. They are still sometimes sung at gatherings of the Spanish Californians. In fact like legends, they grew robustly during the 75 years, 1775 until 1850, that. the Spaniards dominated California, for ever and anon there rose a pastoral singer or poet who added a verse or two to these folk songs. The songs themselves were often ‘dramatic. They told a story that ran from high passion to deep despair, and the music followed in mlajor or minor key. Before these old peasant songs of Spain are lost completely, we sincerely hope there will appear on the California scene a scholar interested in rescuing them from the oblivion which threatens them ‘in the hurly-burly high pressure of life as it is lived today. Herbert and Henry Paine of Lake City stopped over in Nevada City today enroute home from a week end spent in Sacramento on business. They saw portions of the parade which preceeded the rodeo celebration of the sie ok Empire Centennial. ‘Vol. 13, No. 37. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA , _ The Gold Center — MONDAY, MAY 8, 1939 — INFANT, ONE YEAR OLD DROWNS IN TOWNTALK DITCH Robert Dale Coleman, aged one year two months and twenty days, accidentally fell into the big irrigation canal near the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clea Coleman “on the Banner road and was drowned yesterday morning. He was missed at about 9 o’clock and WHarl Raymond while trout fishing above Gold Flat and near Town Talk found the little body floating in the swift current at about 11:30. Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen had been notified of the missing child and formed a posse, which were hunting when the chiid was found Mr. and Mrs Coleman the parents, are from Oklahoma. Fureral services will be held at 10 o’clock tomorrow. AERIAL MAP OF TAHOE FOREST IN THE MAKING The ground control work preliminary to actual flying in connection with the proposed Tahoe national forest aerial map is progressing satiisfactorily according to L. B. Lint who is in charge of this work. Lint’s assistant, G. W. Morrison, working out of Grass Valley CCC camp with several enrollees is establishing the control stations and setting up targets in the. territory Grass Valley west and south to the Lincoln-Auburn line. The control points are ordinarily established four miles apart and are marked by targets set in trees and displaying white or. red flags Lint states that there has been one established at the Nevada City airport with the target 108 feet above the ground. Some gre built in the form of a wigwam so as to present greater visibility since shots have to be taken of them as far as thirty miles away. Lint ‘himself follows up and ‘‘observes’’ the control That is, gets the latitude and longitude and ties them in to U. S. G. S, and Coast and Geodetic Survey stations. At eaeh point an angle ts cleared on the ground and filled with agricultural gypsum. These squares are made large enough so that they, will appear in the aerial photo. Lint’ slays that the targets Have created a great deal of speculation among _local residents at various places who did not know what they meant and in one place on the South Fork of the Feather river they almost caused a feud. To avoid anything like this and satisfy public curiosity, Lint states that cards are now being put on each station, explaining just what they are ‘put there for. Leland §S. Smith and B. C. Goldsmith of the Tahoe national forest staff are engaged in marking section corners, These will be tied in on aerial photo, Lint says, and in turn, towns, ranches, bridges, ete., will be tied in so that in the end there should be, for the first time, a truly accurate map of the Tahoe forest and adjacent territory. FOREST SERVICE -EXTINGUISHES 2 SMALL FIRES Three tenths of an acre of ground was burned over not far from the Tahoe-Ukiah highway and east of Scotts Flat dam at about midnight last night, before national forest and ‘tstate officials arrived on the scene. Ranger ‘Frank McCaslin of North Bloomfield; CCC boys and tate Ranger Will F. Sharpe at the local state camp responded and had the fire under control in short order. In the Tahoe national forest last week a 140 acre fire occurred near Boca dam east of Trugkee, SHERMAN MARSH IS BORNE TO HIS GRAVE Funeral services for the late Sherman Marsh were held at two o’clock this afternoon in the Holmes Funeral Home. Interment,was made in the (Masonic plot in. Pine Grove cemetery. Pall bearers were, Charles Williams, Horace Curnow, Dave Rich‘ards, Ben Hall, John Darke and George Legg. ye H os point, +Jilett and crew started placing oil surARCTIC MINE CLOSES DUE TO WATER LACK The, Arctic ine ‘6 north of Washington has been closed down about a month due to lack of water to genrate power in the plant at the mine ‘and workmen ‘started bringing electricity to the mine the l&tter part of last week. The light rainfall last winter curtailed operations to some extent and finally it became so dry the mine was closed. L. F. Utter, owner, who wants to prove the property as soon as possible is bringing the power from the Alleghany power line that extends into the Washington district. It is understood recent development opened up wide veins of mill grade ore. Don C. Billick of Nevada City,'is mill superintendent. He has been ill. for several weeks with influenza but was able to return to the mine‘ last week. NEVADA COUNTY GOES TO FAIR SUNDAY, MAY 21 Further information on the Nevada County Day at Treasure Island, Sunday, May 21, fives the following facts: Children 11 years or under from Nevada City and Grass Valley will make the round trip from Colfax and return for as low as 30 cents; high school students 12 to 18 years the fare is $1.60; adults $3.35. Some question arose as to adults attending the fair and it was found after consulting Ralph Deeble, chairman in charge, all persons wishing to attend are welcome to go. In fact since the gupervisors. were so generous as to assist in making special rates for everyone it should be fully patronized to show appreciation. The trip from Truckee will the'a little higher in proportion to distance, for instance children 11 years or under ,the fare will be 80 cents round trip. Mr. Deeble stated that children. under five years will not be permitted to make the trip unless accompanied by some adult TESDOws ‘sible for them. The Nevada City Glee Club of 35 members and Grass: Valley high . School band composing 50 members, . will make the trip. Tickets will be on sale in Nevada City, Truckee and Grass Valley as soon as places can be arranged. The special rates are also for Mt. St. Marys business school students and pupils in Grass Valley. While several cities and counties lhave had days at the fair on Treas-~ tiie Island ‘but so far as known Nevada County is the only one that has advanced money to make it possible ‘for.the students and citizens to atterfd at such rates. : SEVERAL CITY STREETS WILL BE SURFACED Street Superintendent Herbert Hal’ face on Spring street from the Downieville highway to West Broad street, The street has been graded and is in fine ‘condition. From there oiling will continue on Spring street just back of the Methodist church and from there to Mill street. Next in order will come Nile street between Adam and Nimrod and the lower Grass Valley road which has now bécome a boulevard with the widening and many. other improvements about a number of new homes. When this is completed oiling will proceed to the rest of the streets needing surfacing in Nevada City or until cool weather comes in the fall. After quitting time on street work Mr. Hallett goes to the Nevada City airport and blasts out stumps along

the airfield. There are 20 in one group and 40 in another. a COWLES TRIAL The second trial of Herbert Cow_les, charged with the murder of his father Charles Cowles, will start. tomorrow. A jury disagreed in -the first trial. _ Mrs. Hal Dp: Draper réceived a sudden shock last evening when a call came from Oakland stating that her sister in law, Mrs. Norman Shaw, had just passed away at 5 o'clock after being suddnely stricken Saturday. ~ing SenatorFOREST SERVICE * . POSTS LOOKOUTS FOR EARLY FIRES Due to the dry, season lookouts for three stations have been called by. the Tahoe national forest and all of them will be out by May 15 the usual da'te in years of heavy rainfall. Henry Casci of Nevada City is on Sardine lookout station; Minot Riddell of Camptonville,Alaska lookout; Frank Maher of Nevada City was sent Friday to the 9000 foot Martis Peak lookout; Henry Bopp is ‘gain on Banner lookout. It is expected all protective assistants will be at their statoins about the first of June. Two ranger districts have received field fire dispatchers, one being North Bloomfield and .the other Truckee. ° The continued dry, spell will send the others out shortly and it is expected the man will go to Grouse Ridge district this week. He will have to walk about four miles of snow to get to the station. E. L. Baxter will start training CCC boys methods of handling fires in the near future in .the TahoeUkiah camp. ECONOMY BLOC “CALLS HALT TO SPENDING SPREE SAICRAMENTO, May 8.—AttackRobert W. Kenny’s (Dem.) boast that the prolonged controversy over the lbudget was ‘‘a partisan fight, and would continue to be one,” Sen. Harry L. Parkman of San Mateo, today charged Governor Olson and his spokesmen with making it a partisan battle regardless of . the .cost to California’s taxpayers. Pointing to the bi-partisanship of the economy minded groups in both houses of the legislature, Sen; Parkman said it was the combination of Republicans and Democrats genuine. ly. interested in the -wettare of-tire state, that was determined that the “Olson ' inspired spending spree would not be financed at the expense of the people.’’ The San Mateo solon reported that the economy group in the senate intended to conduct a sedrching investigation of every item in the budget, eliminating all extravagant and unnecessary \jproposals in order that a sound reasonable budgetary figure might be reached. Cuts made in. the lower house thought to be too:severe will ‘be adjusted, according to Parkman, because efficient operation of state dApartments will not be interfered with. Senator Edward H. Tickle of Carmel, chairman of Revenue and Taxation. Committee, gave another example of the administration’s negligent financial attitude: ‘Senator , Kenny and his democrat majority rushed the budget through the Finance Commttee with less than fifteen minutes debate over a matter that involved spending $557,000,000.” “This action of Kenny’s means that such important items as creating 1444 new state jobs, erecting new buildings, providing for millions in new taxes, received but a few seconds thought, if any at all.” _ Fortunately for the people of California the destiny of the state’s affairs does not rest entirely in the hands of Senator Kenny and his co‘tiere of spenders, Tickel said. Deputy Sheriff Carl Larsen and wife and Mrs. Larsens sister, Mrs. Edna Miller, enjoyed a ‘motor trip to Truckee on Sunday. Mr. Larsen fished at Big Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Ed (Martine has as guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruggman, Mrs. ‘Annie Green, Miss Irma Green, Mr. and Mrs. Bruggman all of Maxwell. Joy (Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bellmore of ‘Glenns Ferry, Idaho have returned home after a month spent at Washington with Mr. Bellmore’s sister, Mrs. E. J. Haverstock. Mr. and Mrs. Al Williams and children attended the rodeo in Sacramento Sunday. The celebration is a part of the Golden Empire Centennial. _Fred Smith, formerly of Nevada City who is operating a min@ in Nevade state was a business visitor in. Mrs. Draper will go to Oakland to attend the funeral on Wednesday. Nevada City today and pe ceneiy on several friends. ‘ Fok es Piast at ieatesd Maes SS ist ‘Nevada Gity lost 6-1, & hands of Harold Marks. MeCraney, Saturday Arrangements have been made for one of the greatest rallies at North San Juan next Saturday ever held by. E Clampus Vitus since the days of the Argonauts, The old stage coach that, William Bull Meek drove will head the procession .that wiil march and counter march through San Jiuan’s main ‘street at 4:30 o’clock. There will be a dedication of a bronze plaque to the first fire department organized in 1862 in the historic town of rich gravel diggings. Since on next Saturday and Sunday, North San Juan ‘celebrates the P, G. Q E. installation of electric light and power, the Clampers are staging an enormous funeral in which the old kerosene lantern will be reverently jnterred. One hundred candidates: (poor blind brothers, to the Clampers) are to be paraded with flaring fusees and blaring music. At 5:30 there will be a great feast in which fifty fat cockerel’s will yield up their lives in a worthy cause. After the banquet, there will be another parade and then the Clampers will gather in Twamley hall for the initlation of the hardy candidates who will pledge allegiance to the Clamper’s renowned patron, St. Vitus. Saturday night at ten o’clock,.when the last blast on the hewgag has died away in merry echoes, Mid’s orches. tra will take the stage, there will be dancing for old and young until the first cock crow of Sunday morn. The great Clamer dinner at.which all the valiant Clamper trenchermen . day night to follow the day‘ —— and candidates will sit, is to be. given . . vities. Nor. San Juan Will Welcome Huge Crowd ee and Sunday in a great new dining room on which carpenters are now madly working in order to’finsh it by Saturday noon. It is an addition to Twamley hall. Miles Tilden, general chairman of the San Juan electric fiesto committee is supervising decorations which make the old placer camp a bright spot on the map of California, The program of entertainment Sunday of which Christian Anderson is in general charge, is as follows: 1 An Antler quartet from Nevada City, singing songs of the heart. : 2 Arthur Hill with accordian sel-_ ections. 8 Nine year old girl from Hills Fiat, singing Mexican songs. 4 Beverly Mathis in a dance number. 5 Ramona Duart, in classic and . popular songs. 6 Billy Tobiassen treble heart warmers. \? ‘Bill,Dent and Hazel Tilden in -~ instrumental numbers. 8 An address by George Hallock, recently re-elected president of the California Hydraulic: Mining Association, upon hydraulic mining and its’ importance to the Ridge. 9 Thirty mi sponsored by the clever singing hie tion with William mentator. 10 The Shearer Sisters in tap \dancing that clicks. ax ‘ There will be another dance Saws terly as comHi STUDENTS ON TIPTOE FOR GRADUATION . The student body held an out-door assembly Friday. Mr. Smith conduct; ed the orchestra, playing the following pieces: ‘‘Gliding Along,” ‘‘School Chums,” “Sir Galahad,’ “Russian Overture,’ “Cossack Invocation and Dance.”’ The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. Libbey who led her choruses in singing some of the old favorites. They sang ‘‘In the Evening by the Moonlight.’’, ‘Flow Gently Sweet Afton,’ ‘‘Who Is Sylvia’ and ended the assembly with the patriotic song ‘‘God Bless America’ in their own special arrangement. GRADUATION INVITATIONS The announcements and cards for the graduating class have arrived at ‘the office. The announcements are on a new type of paper and are made with simple, classic lines and a gold monogram. Each student has his choice in the 'type of printing on the and the girls the larger. Miss Baggley and the student body accountant have charge of the announcements. SENIOR FARCE The senior farce is progressing rapidly. Each member of the senior class is selling tickets for the performances. which will be Friday and Saturday night. The cast will practice on the stage of the grammar school ofternoon and evenings this week. Mr, Hobbie is in charge of the seenery and stage. TENNIS TEAM DEFEATED ‘The Nevada City tennis team met defeat at the hands of Grass Valley by a seore of nine matches to nothing. Dootlittle, number one player of 6-3, at the Ruth, Martin, Mitchell and Muscardini were likewise defeated although Bob Mitchell made a hard fight against Eva to lase 643, 6-2. The doubles teams fared no better for Doolittle and MeCraney lost . ‘ 6-4, 6-1. Ruth and Martin lost 6-2, 6-8; and Mitchell and Leonard were defeated 6-3, 6-2. Of this year’s team only three were seniors, so there should be a fine team. again. inext . year. Ruth is a junior and Mitch Martin and Leonard are sophomores “here are many promisi in the freshman class: who cards. The boys have the small cards! CLARK ANSWERS Mrs. Marguerite Clark wife of Henry Clark of Nursery street passed away in a local hospital at.an early hour this morning after being sud-’ denly stricken about 1:30 Sunday morning, She was the former Miss Marguerite Chatfield of Pike City but had resided in Nevada City many years. Her sudden ‘passing ‘has brought sorrow to the many friends and relatiyes throughout the county where she was so widely known for eet deeds. Left to mourn her passing are: ‘née husband who is critically ill, three sons, Ellis, Melvin and Wendell, the last about eight years old, besides parents and brothers’ and sisters. — The remains,are at Holmes Funeral Home. Funeral rr will be anaounced later. a) BASEBALL The Nevada City Antlers baseball wh team will meet the Grass Valley — Laundry team on Henessey Field in’ Grass Valley néxt Wednesday afternoon. About 100 persons were present for the delightful dance given In the Elks hall Saturday evening by the Antlers. ee Louie Savio, Bill Buffington, ‘and Mrs. W.-C, Buffington enjo. bass fishing at Verona Sunday. Say brought home a fifteen and a pound bass, one of the large brought to this city in some time. tend the Treasure Island expis i . on May 21 which is Nevada Coum Day. If they go representing # school, their fare will be paid, the rates are very low on ‘that Many persons “from ‘the high will attend that day. All” will » Nevada county ribbons. ANNUAL Q QUILL. Dorechs Hoff, as circulation