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May 9, 1938 (6 pages)

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4 t hehe Nevada City Nugget 305 Broad Street, Phone 36 :) A Legal Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published at Nevada City. ‘ Editor and Publisher H. M. LEETE Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Friday at Nevada City, California, and entered as mai} matier of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada City. under Act of Congress, March 3, L879 et Riley For Senator State Railroad Commission, and former State Controller, as the standard bearer ‘of the Republican Partygto oppose Wm. G. McAdoo for the United States Senate, at the August primary, the Republican Party unquestionably will have selected the strongest candidate in California, with which to face the battle of bringing back to the G. O. P. of this state the imSeaesteafeaterteateote steogenfestestestesfeateete In presenting Ray L. Riley, distinguished member of the —The death ofHenry Kohler Washington was a painful blow to the whole town and particularly to the little circle of old-timers who have known him since the day of horse-drawn stages. Kohler was the unofficial mayor of Washington, one of its principal property owners, and SUBSCRIPTION RATES < proprietor of the Washington-NeOne sear tin: Advance) 2 oe eG $2.50 *. vada City stage as long as most! inreso tte sfeato ste x i habitants can remeniber. The old3 estaate fo atesfeenteste fee sfeatateatesteeferteate ste clesfeateateofesteatiateatestestesteatestestesieafealeatestesteureatestesteateaten : is S >, . timers of Washington , have been 1 }. drawn closely together tby their years . of semi-isolation in the little town that, though it is only seventeen miles from Nevada City, is kept all . winter from .,close contact with Nevada City and the rest of the world by the -practical difficulties of the tortuous four-mile stretch from the "highway down to Washington. The elder citizens of the Yuba mining town, in their close-knit little group, unconsciously resent the intrusion of newcomers into their rural solitude. NEVADA CITY NUGGET WASHINGTON, DROWSY MOUNTAIN HAMLET H. M. L. Jr. tts Te teateaealeteateatecieestenteeaestese sees esteate seats testator se atedtestecleatestesteseatestestetiates, of: : jof the Yuba near MONDAY, MAY 9. 1938. ra LT Snes 6 sn pe aerrece —————_ : makes swimming quite different from the variety enjoyed in city pools swarming with yelling kids. There is excellent fishing on the South Fork Washington as there is on Poor Man’s Creek and other smaller tributaries of the river, The cost of vacationing in Washington is little more than the monthly grocery bill, for rents. and real estate are almost incredibly low. A six room house with a spacious gardened lot sells for six or seven hundred dollars. these great WINSTON’S BAND AT OLYMPIA PARK SATURDAY Jack Winston, ‘“‘the gentleman from the south,”’ and his men-about-swing finish a sensational nine months’ engagement at the Bay Tabarin in San Francisco. The Bal Tabarin has featured such bands as Kay Kyser, Happy Felton, Tom Gerun and Carol Winston and ‘this fine organization outdistanced breaking all records in staying thirty two weeks, Lofner but bands, SOCIAL LABOR LEADER ~ TO TALK THURSDAY Mr. Carl H. Vetter, state organ. izer of the Socialist Labor Party of America, .will give a free public lec. ture this coming Thursday at 8 p, m. at the Community House, Grass Valley Memorial Park. Mr. Vetter, who is working out of San Franciseo on a state wide lecture and organiza. tion tour, ‘will speak on the subject: “Socialism—The Only Solution.”’ Solitude is often at:ractive to people wo find the nunrerous joys of city fe jading; in Washington solitude reacves a pleasant apotheosis. People do not negotiate the road from the highway down to Washington, unless they have some very good reason. In four miles, the road drops almost two thousand feet from Harportant office.of United States Senator. L on the Progressive ticket, due to his tremendous in the defeat of Tallant Tubbs. Had Bob Shuler not been less than 800,000 Democratic votes. AAs a matter. of fact, the personal popularity of Wm. G. McAdoo, or 'the strength of the Democratic Party, had nothing whatever to do with the election of McAdoo, in 1932. Fhe defeat of :Tallant Tubbs, who represented the Republican Party, was directly due to the Rev. Robt. Shuler, who running persona! . popularity received almost 400,000 votes, which thus resulted . ; the race, it is reasonably certain that Tallant Tubbs, the Re. ton. a . not is musty i ' 28S, at rvades the town, no‘ a publican nominee, would have been elected by at least Woe 000 majority, due to the fact that Senator McAdoo receive J i : The sound of jazz music and voices, mony Ridge to the bottom raised in conviviality in the beer parlors is a cacophony to them, that dis. rupts the dreamy . . Yuba river canyon. It winding and rutted and dusty. It peacefulness of . bumpy. Riding horse back isn’t their town. . Third Party Launched tation and the horny hand of Fate. tical obstruction and defiance to any established rule of pol Third Party platform; and emerged shorn of feathers an political prestige. advent of the Republican Party in 1859, has been the histor Greenback Party, which ultimately went on the rocks. The Populist Party blazed with refulgent glory for few years and then expired with few mourners at its The Socialist and the Prohibition parties both sought ’ honors in several presidential campaigns only to fall the wayside. and then passed onward to their reward. Governor Phillip La Follette of Wisconsin, following in the footsteps of his illustrious father, has just announced the formation of a brand new third party, which he undoubtedly feels is destined to knock the tar and feathers out of both the Republican and Democratic national parties, and also destined no doubt to save the American people from political devas. For years the La Follette family have specialized in political conduct. His distinguished father, Robert La Follette having once been a candidate for President on a disgruntled The history of national third party innovations since the of success and failure. Ben Butler in 1884 championed the old political bedside. national alseep at In 1912 the brilliant and beloved Theodore Roosevelt, under the “Moose Banner,” marched forward to fame and fortune, only to return after the general election a hero of bygone grandeur. The People’s Party flickered for awhile and then passed away where times effacing finger will not longer trouble it. All Third Parties have flourished fora brief period of. th is narrow and . strenuous exercise as bumping down e is as . ee : : . the grade to Washington, and thrills . The. music, and voices Hoating . that are never found in horsebacic. . drowsily from the hars, and an 0C-. siding are given by the practised . casional carl load of miners coming . wig driving of the.miners who. live in to buy supplies, are about all that . down in the Yuba-canyon, know the ir}interrupt the stillness of Wasiings Washington road like a book, ahd ZO Guietthrough the book very rapidly in-. deed, lings around corners and. a . silence.suggesting decay, but a pleasburning up the road at a rate ius ant, breathing, slumbering quiet: a short of explosion. The tranquility : i . @uiet, natural and drowsy and rest-. 5¢ Washington’s. broad shaded streets : PATSY KYSER j ful, charming as the gurgle of the} is doubly welcome after the heetija i as eee ee .eks that crawl down the hill/ = : ieee Ros With Winston’s Band . ; tiny Greeks that erav 2wn the hi ; journey down from the ridge. . , and into the Yuba. The wide empty! . main street of Washington with the . . fountain square in the center. gives . pleasure to the senses by irritating hustle jat rest. Business is its lack of . neither are the forces and bustle that . forces of evil. The tiny . gives “liveness” to -less gracious . is as placid in its disuse as towns. There is a contentedness . little two-cell iron jail. ;}about the tall grey and white buildings and the squat brown stione . little when they were bran Seneral merchandise store and bar./ never, since The aged, beautiful, flowering fruit . trees that give so many ghost towns living beauty, are here too. People who desire rest and quiet above other things in their summer vacations, have long made Washing. ton a haven. There are several swim. ming pools on the Yuba a little. above town. Their deep ereen cool. ness, shaded by big granite boulders, . MERRIAM AND HATFIELD IN NIP AND TUCK RACE SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—A nip and tuek Governor Frank F. Merriam and Lieut. Govyernor Gorge J. Hatfield for the Republican nomination for governor at the August primary was indicated today in the results of the state wide straw ballot taken by the Republicnot active ar is d new an Dickets in the weathered fences jay an air of being at peace with i disturbed and ‘the echoes of nois d va FOREST CAMPERS MUST a within the national forests have jus Tahoe National forest, race between lic in determining what are TIRED I’m tired—oh, so tired of the whole New Deal; Of the juggler’s smile; the barker’s spiel; Of the musey speech and the loud bassoon; e And the tiredest of all of our leadet’s croon. Tired of taxes ion my ham and eggs; Tired of ‘payoffs’ to political yeggs; Tired of Jim Farley’s stamps on my mail; Tired of my shirt with its tax-shortened tail. I’m tired of farmers goose-stepping to laws; Of millions of itching job-nolders’ paws; Of “fireside talks’’ over commandeered mikes; Of passing more laws to stimulate strikes. I’m tired of the hourly increasing debt; I’m tired of promises still to be met; Of eating and sleeping by government plan; ° Of calmly forgetting the “Forgotten Man.” I’m tired of every new Brain Trust thought; Of the ship of state now a pleasure yacht; I’m tired of cheating the courts by stealth; And terribly tired of sharing my wealth, I’m tired of Eleanor on page one; Of each royal ‘in-law’? and favorite son, I’m simply, completely fed up with it all. I’m tired of “Sistie” and “Buzzie” Dall; I’m tired and bored with the whole New Deal; With its juggler’s smile; its barker’s spiel; Lear Lord; out of all the available mén Please grant us a Cleveland or Coolidge again. SOME NEW DEAL FIGURES
United States Population (approximate) ... 120,000,000 Eligible for Old Age Pensions 46,000,000 . Children Prohibited from Work 30,000,000 Government Employes ..... 30,000,000 Unemployed 13,999,998 TOTAL i ne 119,999,998 119,999,998 Left to Produce the United States Wealth.. 2 th enineain na natrenen EN hag ct ee te a a) ‘And I’m All Worn Out. ait? col aie a The studio that satisfies. Good » PHONE ©7 ~—s photos at reasonable prices — 9 a ee no guess work. 8-hour Kodak Oe, finishing service. es “4 Grass" Valley . an County Central Committee of San Francisco, and axe Hatfield has a slight lead in the balloting, the vote showing: Hatfield Merriam Grass Valley Hardware Company. Nevada City—Alhpa Stores, Ltd. Auburn—G. E. Lukens and Sons, R. J. Hancock. ‘ ‘Marysville—Western Auto ply, Booth and Herboth. aie PEs 608 Sol A. Abrams, secretary of the committee, announced that the straw vote .ad ibeen taken in every county of the state, and among those polled were every member of the Republican State Central Committee, ificluding Republican state office holders and legislators; members of the 58 Republican County Central Committees, and editors of daily and weekly newspapers throughout California. Abrams stressed that the county committee has endorsed no candiSupHarrison Randall brought in a fine catch of trout Sunday having caught them on streams in this district. pective candidates. Dr. Walter Seott Franklin of Santa Barbara, a recent entry, was runner up, with a Strong showing. The results: dates, and the poll was taken for in-. Senator Jerrold Seawell ..... 332 formation purposes only, Dr. Walter Scott Franklin 264 Hatfield led in 24 counties, Mer-. Senator Roy Nielsen 167 riam in 22 counties, and they were} James Rolph -..0.2.0.00149 tied in 5 counties. No votes were re. For United States Senator, Ray ceived from Alpine smallest in the state. The figures from the three largest counties showed Merriam leading Hatfield 3 to 2 in Los Angeles county; Hatlield leading Merriam 4 to lin Alameda county, and even up in San Francisco county. Sacramento and Fresno indicated Merriam 8 to 1 while Hatfield was ahead 3 to 1 in Contra Costa and Santa’ Clara ‘counties, : In the southern counties, outside Los Angeles, Hatfield led in Riverside, Orange, Santa Barbara, Imperial, San Luis Obispo and San Diego. Kern and Ventura were even up. Merriam had a slight lead in Long Beach, his home town. Raymond Haight, Progressive, who has announced he will run on the Republican ticket for governor, received 18 votes, : For Lieut. Governor, the straw vote showed Senator Jerrold Seawell ; of Roseville leading the field of proscounty, the. Riley, state railroad commissioner and former state controller rolled up a total of 901 votes. The poll was also taken on State Senator Walter McGovern of San Francisco and Michael F. Shannon of -Los Angeles; as prospective candidates for the United States Senate, but they announced they were definitely not in the race, and asked to be withdrawn from any consideration in the balloting. For Attorney General, District Attorney Earl Warren, of Alameda county,practically had the race to himself, the result being: eel Warten 3 ae 917 Buron Fitts 172 Charles Son 21 The poll for attorney general was also taken on Superior Judge Pat R. Parker of Mono county but he asked that his name be withdrawn as he was not a candidate. ; Many of those polled voted only’ for governor and not for candidates for other state office. \ Everything in Washington seems of good or the white church the Both have hotel. the appearanice of having been used then. Even the tumbly the world. The sleepy summery streets of Washington give-an impression of, being grateful when their dust is not! from the frame buildings of the town . seem to speak in mild resentment at. any sound but those of. the river and Se i Mr the humming insects of the woods, . Pination may be had four violins, HAVE SHOVEL AND AXE. Large signs requiring the carrying; Francisco is Patsy Parker, of shovel and axe by camping: parties. with Winston. Patsy is : s : : . »+ al Hi are featuring attractive window dis-. test within the next month. plays showing the regulation shovel . Voice Grass Valley—Alpha Stores, Ltd.". barin in San Francisco they were Winston has been broadcasting nighily over NBC and also transcontine ntally. An indication of the sueof the band is the flood of fan meil that has poured in, night after nig it. Winston has a long string of successful engagements behind him including the Liitle Club in Shanghai, China, Mark Hopkins Hotel ‘in San Francisco. Plaza in San Antonio and t’e Bal Ttbarin Cafe San Francisco. 1d cess d in The Winston crew is a versatile one. The basic instrumentation of the band is two violins, three saxes, one trombone, one trumpet, piano, base and drums. Out of this come four brass and four saxes, allowing . for a wide scope of tone coloring . with the ability to either play swing . Or sweet. One of the . ever seen at the Bal Tabarin in San. starring a striking! t. blonde with a Martha Raye style of been mailed to the leading hard-. Singing. She trucks and dances seal ware stores in the vicinity of the leads the band and has stopped show according to. after show wherever she has played. . DeWitt Nelson, forest supervisor. at} Nevada City. Nelson states that for! fornia graduate and the possessor of . the information of the camping pub-. two degrees in music. He is Winston is a University of Calinoted as the one of the finest arrangers in San regular or minimum size and weight . Francisco and has also t specifications for the shovel and the. at NBC. Warner axe, the following ‘hardware stores . aught vocal Bros. is flying Winston down for an extensive screen His was first heard on the air and . when the scouts visited the Bal Taimmediately sold on Winston as a picture prospect. As Winston has had considerable dramatic training, acring would be very much in his line. CAMP FIRE GIRLS MEE? A special meeting of the Wowaxe Camp Fire Girls was held at the home of Jean Rielly this afternoon. Plans were made at the meeting for the transportation of all Wishing to attend the Girls rally day, to be next Saturday, A discussion was held on. Members Camp Fire held at Loomis Hache the group and individual Collections to be exhibited at the rally day. Stunts and games were practiced for the rally, CANARTES me WHITE, ‘CINNAMON, ;:YELLOW, GREEN Rollers and Warblers. Some as low as 50c. AlsorZebra Finches’ $1.50 pair. Cages and all bird supplies. Apply at BIRD BUS; Located ion. Main Street. Open 9 A. ME t0-.9500--P IM: 5-6-3tp . MAN’S STEEL BICYCLE, new brakes, new fenders, and accessories. A steal at $8.50. 210 Main street, ‘Merchandise Exchange, 5-7-1tp FOR SALE—500 chick coal of] brood. er, Never been used.Cost much more, a bargain at $8.50. 210 Main Street, (Merchandise Bx. change, 5-7 1te HOBBYISTS, LONELY FOLKS, Join select, national hobby guild. Interesting, -worthwinile friends, Write R. Randolph, care 49 Geary St., Room 230, San. Francisco. WANTED—One work horse, 1400 pounds, true and sound, not too old. John.. Raum, Camptonville, Calif. 5-2 4'te FOR SALE—500 new chick coal oil brooder, $8.50. Still buying old glass stoppers any color or size. 210 Main street, Merchandise Exchange. 5-2-1tp LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED — With Foley electric sharpener. Keys made and all appliances. repaired. Courteous prompt service. Sure-way Fix-It Shop. Phone 346J. 203 Commercial streét. 4293tp greatest attractions . FOR SALE—2 hp. Fairbanks-Morse gasoline engine; 1 1%-inch Meyers double action pump, 1500 2000 gals. hour. Very little Price for both $55. Sofge, 1 mile from County Hospital, Willow Valto use. ley. 4-18-4te FOR RENT — Six room furnished house. Three bedrooms, Central location. For particulars ‘call 521. 4-11-tfe FOR SALE — 81% ACRE RANCH HOME; located in foothills of , Placer Co., on ‘Highway No, 40— 8 miles above Auburn, 8-room frame house; .2 chicken houses; hot and cold water; plenty of shade. Terms $1600; % cash. Bal. on easy terms. Write tov>owner, Box 54, Applegate, Calif. 12-27-tt Plussonouas Vionoghwaloyy sen VIVGIcangg dave AE A Thru the Knot]Hole MAY, 9, 1938. No. 81. DEDICATED TO MOTHERS, OLD AND NEW. MAY THEY ALL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HOMES OF THEIR OWN. NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY “THE FULL SERVICE YARD” Oscar J. Odegaard, Manager Phones 498-499 a » Nevada City