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Nevada City
ee
Thinking
Out Loud
en
To
paraphrase
COVERS' RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA
the _
figurative
language of the poet, this commentator’s head is bloody but unbowed.
Comforting unctions, ointments and
lotions are now being applied: For
instance, Nevada
County
stepped
back into the Republican column.
In this little corner of the great U.
8. we have voted for sanity and. safe
Vol. LZ, No. 88.
The County Seat Paper
and the rest of the force, Jim Allen, in their new uniforms.
No
monkey business please. We have
had a modern’ jail for a year. or
more now. The police have now
donned field green, brass buttons
and swank, natty caps. They are
keeping up not with the Jonses
but with the new Bastile. Nevada
City’s finest are no common city
flatfeet that pace a measured beat
and live on the fruit of Italian
~sidewalk vendors. Woe be to the
poor wight who ignores the
uplifted,
arresting
hand
of
either of Nevada City’s finest from
now on. The majesty of’ the law is
now.
properly
accoutered and
clothed!
teams.
The Armistice Day dinners will be
surmise that the surviving McNamheld at about 6 o’clock. The AmericWe
an Legion and their guests will)dine
his confession that he blew up the at the banquet hall of the Veterans
The American
Times (building in Los Angeles _killMemorial building.
ara, who went to prison for life on
‘women,
will
NEVADA CT
CIT 9 @ CALIFORNIA
Legion Auxiliary will hold. its
ban
doubtless be the next martyr, subquet at Kings Koffee Kup and the
Legion and guests’
will
ion, at his trial will ‘probably be have a dinner at 5 p. m. at the Holbrooke Hotel,
construed as ‘‘extorted.’’
stituted ifor Mooney, whose confessCanadian
In the evening beginning at nine.
Armistice
day
However,
while
California has o’clock the annual
turned to the left, it is comforting to ball will be held in Memorial hall.
Chairman Howard Bennetts states
know that other’states have learned
that
the parade will form on Church
their lesson
of experience in the
New Deal and are turning right. The street in the block between Neal and
national returns show 77 new ReWalsh. It will march through the
publican faces in the House of Repbusiness section and break up at the
STOLL, HOLMES
VICTORS IN RUN
OFFELECTION
Nevada
County
restored
Andy
Holmes
to the office of coroner and
voted
to
retain
District
Attorney
Vernon Stoll in office.
There are
still approximately 326 absentee ballots to be counted, but it is not exresentatives, at least eight in the Veterans Memorial Building. Local pected that these will disturb the
Senate, and perhaps a dozen states organizations anid groups are asked result.
have turned out New Deal governnot to ‘wait for an invitation to par
ors and
ssulbstituted
Republicans.
ticipate
in
at
formation
the
the
parade,
but
point.
to
join
Already
Stocks and bonds are surging upward
slated for parade positions are the
as a result.
were returned to office
from
South, smarting under
the _
dent’s “God bless you’’
‘while’
‘The
Presi
dents, grammar school students; Mt.
he St.
Mary’s
Academy
students;
Red
publicans to apply the brakes to the
New Deal juggernaut. It is said that
during the wee sma’ hours of Wednesday morning, when the dreadful
truth began to trickle in over the
wires, Postmaster General Farley retreated to his inner office for a sea
Former President Herbert Hoover
states that a majority of the voters
cast their ballots for anti-New Deal
protest
that
called
heralds
the result a
the
In the
event
of
rain
the
parade
beginning
NEW CONTEST BEGUN IN
of
coercion,
Trinity Episcopal church announe
of representative government.”’ Post
second Sunday after Trinity. Sunday
is
the twenty
master General Farley, wiping away school opens at 10 o’clock. A new
the tears, and forgetting his grandiose ‘forecasts:of last Monday, modest‘I think the outcome justi
fies the statement that the country
as a whole is still strongly behind
humanitarian
policies
of
Holmes
Presi
dent Roosevelt.”’
contest opened last Sunday.
Miss
Elmia
Hecker
gives~the_
fol
lowing quotation of poetry:
Only one life, so live it well
And keep thy candle trimmed and
bright;
Eternity, not time, will tell
Mrs. Grace Jones, wife of William
initiative, T. Jones, died Wednesday afternoon
No. 1, on the ballot, was defeated. from the effects of a fall she suffer
control
for
the
a
new
“er
Mr and .Mrs. A. H. Haddy return
was
in San Francisco celebrating the day.
and returned to port.
Fred Sauvee on board of a transport
from
Shady Creek
to
his
placer
of rawhide and playing the hose on
was in Bordeaux, France, He was in
railroad,
the U. S. Navy on a transport ship.
Argonne line.
on
the
bottleneck
of
the
LABOR MEASURE FIRST SNOW OF
ALTHO BEATEN
SEASON FALLS
SERVES NOTICE
A flurry of snow in Nevada City
yesterday noon
The following ‘statement was”
was
-followed
by
showers throughout the afternoon.
iSSeveral cars“ and ‘trucks came. into
highway
sued
man of the California Committee for the Five Mile house to the east.
Peace
in
Employment
The
Relations,
State
Division
of
regards riparian rights. were in time
sponsors of the labor initiative meas
patrol;
somewhat
Ukiah highway from the Washingure, State: Proposition No. 1.
“Proposition Number 1. was -deton Junction east all of Wednesday
feated by less than five per cent of night where four inches of snow
the vote cast according to present fell. About one inch of snow was on
returns, which are incomplete as rethe ground at Washington yesterday
gards many counties in the interior, morning. Reports from the Tahoe
This indication of sentiment ‘cannot National Forest give six inches of
possibly be disregarded. It indicates snow at Big Bend Ranger Station,
Sierra
a tremendous demand on the part of and about three inches at
No.
modified
by
rules
estab
lished ‘by the pioneer miners. One of
these had to do with the appropria
LAST RITES FOR
DAUGHTER OF
PIONEERS TODAY
Funeral services will be held this
tion of water, under which the first
appropriator
a
prior
later
right
to
appropriations.
AFTERMATH
had snow plows out on the Tahoe
By JOHN P. CRONIN
the people of the entire state for a
City. There were six inches of snow
How fresh and eager.they had gone
cessation of mass picketing and vio
on the
Across the seas to right a wrong;
lence in labor disputes. Had the ising.
Determined,
sue
intent—
Funeral Home for the late (Mrs. An
They gave
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
TO BEGIN SHORTLY
had
water over all
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Holmes
grim,
their
hearts
not been
clouded by the intro
their red
ing considerations entirely foreign to
blood ‘spent.
Ah, well they fought—a he che
won,
Yet what was left when war was
done?
the purpose and operation of the
bill, I am satisfied that
it would
have carried by a liberal plurality.
“The California Committee for
their lives,
knew;
:
The California Hydraulic Mining
hold its regular
meeting tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the
Bret Harte Inn in Grass Valley. The
directors lunch will be held at 12.
Congressman
Harry L.
Englebright willebe the guest speaker at
the meeting. All members should be
present,
Peace in Employment Relations takAssociation will
es this opportunity of extending its
Back home they came: their lot to
rue,
Back from that hell that soldiers
Pass yesterday morn
ENGLEBRIGHT SPEAKER
HYDRAULIC MEETING
duction of extraneous and mislead
:
Yuba
sincere thanks to the thousands of
California citizens who devoted their
efforts so unselfishly to the cause
of peace in industrial relations. We
believe that these efforts will bear
Yet hold! what change is this
fruit in the future conduct of labor
took place?
relations in this state.’’
What awful mask obscures each
P.T.A. STUDY GROUP
face?
A parent education study group
Whence gone the joy—the smile of
is being formed by the Nevada City
youth?
Elementary Parent Teacher Associa-.
Dear God, speak out, the truth,
tion. Any members who wish to join
the truth!
the class are asked to call Mrs. R.
B. Champie, 236-R, as soon as pos‘Twas war, fierce holocaust of
sible so that the organization may
blood,
be completed before the next district
Of butchery, of hate and mud
meeting, which will be held at LinThat wrought all this, that aged
coln on November 17.
:
‘*Moochers’’ ‘have robbed Charles
each face,
Wyant of the Shamrock Cafe to the
And made this grotesque change
ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM
amount of fifteen dollars in small
‘ take place:
Last minute
preparations have
These were our boys—our boys who amounts. The method is this: Two been made for the Armistice Day
men come in together,
eat heavy
bled,
celebration. Mr. Smith has chosen —
Their bodies live but their souls are meals, one pays for one, and when Mary Libbey for Drum Major to lead
MOOCHER RACKET
EATS PROFITS.
SHAMROCK CAFE
dead.
the waitress goes to the back to fill
other orders the second one sneaks
the.band, The girls’ pep team, the
drum corps and the band have prac
out. Yesterday two moochers sauntOh, let us vow for evermore
ticed marching all week. Coach Mar-—
To shun this carnage—banish war! ered into the restaurant, one under. tin has seen his boys in active pracIf wield the sword we must in right, a big ten gallon hat. They ate hearttice for the last time this year, They
Then let that sword be full of might. ily. One went forward and paid, the will meet Grass Valley on the Hensecond one remained and ordered
But never shall: we know sweet
nessey Field on Friday.
this
The boys
dessert. When the waitress went back
peace,
:
.
have practiced faithfully and the reTill greed and hate and anger cease, for the dessert he left without pay> sult promises to bé a good game.
ing.
‘Almost every student in the .
Mr. Wyant tried to summon a poSTOCKTON HILL MINE
school will be there rooting for
According to W. R. Woock of Auliceman but before one appeared the
team. The Yellow Jackets ha’ Te
burn who is in charge of the Stockmoochers were completely out of
ton Hill mine south of Grass Valley, sight.
a good vein has been encountered on
ceived some new equipment a
put on a big showing.ae
her soul in St. Canice Catholic There is_no finer gesture in the inthe 360 foot level in sinking operaped to a mill for reduction, the lowMr. and Mrs. Delmer
ed Monday from a delightful trip. church at 10 o’clock this morning. terests of the complete eradication tions. He stated sinking will coner grade ore is being blocked out Alleghany
.
through Sonoma county, They were Holmes Funeral Home has charge of
of tuberculosis than
gone about a ‘week.
funeral arrangements.
Christmas Seal sale.
Highways
commission
was born May 9, 1875, in the house
where she passed away. Mrs. Jones
The local P, T. A. grammar school
was a kindly pleasant woman who committee is to meet next Tuesday
will be missed by a wide circle of at 1:30 p. m. in the Nevada City
friends in the community where her Chamber of Commerce, to get under
entire life was spent.
way local distribution of Christmas
Surviving her are a devoted husSeals. Mrs. Pauline Stevens is .comband, William T.
(Buck) Jones, mittee chairwoman.
three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Hoskings,
The annual campaign for the ‘sale
Miss Virginia White, Palo Alto; Miss of Christmas Seals, which money is
Minnie White, Nevada City, and a used to X-ray children in the
brother, William L. White, Roseschools and provide district field
ville.
nurses, is soon to be under way.
Rev. Father J. P. O’Reilly will This is a most worthy cause and deconduct high mass for the repose of serving of whole hearted support.
California will
ex-marine,
4, providing
It is a notice to radical labor leaders, Bridges et al, and battling labor
unions, that John Q. Public is tired
of having his shins viciously kicked
while he plays*the role of*innocent
bystander. A similar enactment triumphed on the Oregon ballot, and
vote two years from now on another
measure to compel peace.
Martine,
late
Wednesday afternoon by the city with snow on tops and it
Senator Sanborn Young, State chairwas stated snow lay on the ground at
ed at her home two weeks ago. She
initiative by.a narrow margin. Unless the New Deal
governor can
somehow restore peace, a just peace,
Ed
into ,his blacksmith. shop proceeded
pared with Bancroft’s tally of 3,382. to do so. The Pelton wheel is now
The voters of this county also votused all over
the world.
Laws,
ed down No. 1, industrial peace; No. founded on English common law as
Probably it has served its purpose.
Washington defeated another such
duty.
Frank Ghidotti, merchant, was emArmistice Day found John Marks
vided they were satisfied that the
ployed by the Alpha Store and had with his company the 302nd of the
majority of the people wanted it
been called for duty to leave the 77th Division marching through a
done.
13th. Byron Douglass, had left Camp big field of cabbages and rutabagas
It was stated that due to the inLewis, Washington, with rheumatism at six o’clock in the morning. The
creasing population throughout the
and was visiting his sister at Menassoldiers ‘were in the fighting lines
watershed, and the thousands who
ha, Wis.
and had had nothing to eat for hours
now come to this region for winter
Andrew. Tobiassen was
on
the and were very hungry. They grabsports, the danger of contaminated
trenches ready to go ‘‘over the top.’’ bed up those vegetables by the roots
water has greatly increased.
a more” efficient wheel and going
DEATH SUMMONS
MRS. GRACE JONES
in labor relations,
money needed for chlorination, pro
Downey received 3,693 votes as com
The radius of that candle’s light.
nie Tobiassen who passed away at
—Sadie Mathews Miller.
write a few congratulatory letters,
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida
She
urges:
Dear parents and
Magonigal, on Tuesday evening. The
one of which Governor-elect Olson
friends: Let us all keep the candle
last rites will be a Christian Science
has received ,inviting him to the
light burning so that all the chilWhite House for consultation,-Govservice.
:
‘
dren in our community can be at
ernor-elect Olson apparently is in a
Mrs. Tobiassen, born in,Penn Valtheir Sunday school each Sunday:
ley on October 24, 1857 was one of
militant mood. He intends, according
Each Sunday school will welcome
Nevada City’s oldest mative daughto a press release yesterday, to thornew girls and boys. Sincerely, Elma
ters, and spent her entire life in Neoughly probe everything that transHecker, Supt., Trinity Sunday school.
vada County, living in Penn Valley,
pired during the Merriam regime,
The evening song and sermon at
after the manner of the new mayor
Indian Flat and (Nevada City. She
Trinity church will begin -at 7:30
was the daughter of pioneer parents
of Los Angeles. Possibly the Presip. m. The Rey. E. Lb. Freeland of the
who came across the plains in 1852.
dent realizing how fast
the
New
Episcopal church of Marysville will
Mrs. Tobiassen had ‘been ill and
Deal is slipping, will intersperse an
be the preacher. Next Sunday will be
confined to ‘her home for the past
oecasional “Tush! Tush!”
and
a
11 a. m. service with Holy Communthrée years.
During the past 21
“Tut! Tut!” and a ‘Now! Now!” in
ion by the Arch Deacon, Rev. Barr
months she had been confined to her
his conference 'with California’s New
G. Lee.
bed under the loving administration
Deal governor-elect. Olson’s stateof ,her sons and daughters. She is
ment threatening a general probe of
survived by the following sons and
the gubernatorial administration for
daughters: Mrs. Ida Magonigal, Anthe past four years— and Governor
Merriam’s dignified ofifer of assistdrew, Carl J. and Theodore H. To-.
biassen and Mrs.
Annie Bowman.
ance to the incoming executive afThere are also ten grandchildren,
ford a revealing contrast.
and one great grandchild.
‘peace
army in Siberia. Ray White, general
quartermaster in navy second class, acting pack, at Mare Island.
water in mind. The Parent Teacher
was on the high seas 500 miles from
Dave Richards,
Keystone
Meat
association has taken up the camland. Charles Hoskins, in the army, market, was on a
transport four
paign for a safe water supply for the
was fighting at St, Michels, France. miles out of Hoboken, New Jersey,
people of the city. City Councilman
John O’Neili, on the Union staff, bound for France. With the news of
Charles Leiter said in
effect
the
chief yeoman in the U. S. Navy, was the Armistice the ship turned —
council was willing to
spend _ the
While Nevada County returned to
The President has had occasion to
The industrial
chlorination system for the drinking
ae
TRINITY SUNDAY SCHOOL eggs.
es that November 13
the
Andy
20, single tax; and No. 2'5, ham and
political corruption
and undermining
ly says:
of
feated, can ever thereafter, be elect
to
of the end of ‘‘this waste of public
money, these policies
As Armistice. day rounds out to The men landed the night before and
its twentieth year it was suggested remained in France five days. They
mse, and the engineering involved in
that a few of the veterans of. this ‘were over due on the trip five days.
its use.
city be asked where they spent this They came to Baltimore, Md., and.
Sometime since: the Rotary club
momentous day, 20 years ago. In a took a transport load of flour for
adopted a program looking to the
short time it was learned that there Trieste, Austria on a near East Reimprovement of Nevada City’s presare many ex-service men
in_.
this lief expedition, feeding starving peoent garbage disposal and to obtaincity. A. few interviewed were:
ple in that section. C. E. Bosworth
ing a,chlorination plant for making
William Home, merchant, was with was in France.
the city’s domestic supply safe, This
the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders of
Tod Smith, sargeant of marines,
matter was discussed at the meeting
Canada and on Armistice Day was in injured five times at the front in the
yesterday. City Attorney Frank Fina hospital in Birminghom, England, Bellieu
Wood,
France.
Omar
hegan said that the city council had
recoverimg from war injuries.
Tonella, ex-marine didn’t know the
requested him to draw wp a suitable
Eddie W. Snodgrass, was with the war was over for a week. He was at
ordinance governing
garbage
disU. S. Navy, P. H. M. third class, conGrieves, France, and remained there
posal. Dr. Hummelt stated that the
voy service. Ed Burns; was with the nine months after the war on guard
city council had the installation of a
the use of water, laws affecting ‘the
the gold bearing gravel banks. The
Miners Foundry made hundreds. of
the Republican fold, giving Governor nozzles some o,f them six inches in
and American Legion Aluxiliary; Sons Merriam a vote 3,915, as compared diameter, for the early monitors.
of Legion and Junior Auxiliary, Vetwith 3,376 for Olson, and accordLester Pelton of Camptonville, oberans of Foreign Wars and Auxiied Franklin 3,356 votes—as°comparserving a freight team bringing into
iary, Canadian Legion and Auxiliary, ed with 3,069 for Patterson, it failthat town one of the old Knight watUnited Spanish War Veterans, cited by a little over 300, votes to give
er-wheels concluded he could make
izens and others.
Phil. Bancroft a majority. Sheridan
will not be held but the rest of the
program will be held as scheduled.
son of meditation and prayer.
He
election
ed,
swung the sacrificial snickersnee may Cross, Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts,
be expected to unite with the ReCamp Fire Girls, American Legion
eandidates.
‘Charles ihetaal ot
of Grass Valley
yesterday gave the Rotary club:an
interesting sketch of the important
part Nevada County has played in
who school bands, drill teams and rootbreaks a precedent in Nevada Counclaims on Coyote Hill. Another early
-the ers club members; high school stuty, that no office holder, once degniner conceived making a hose out
‘‘purgees’’
F RIDAY, NOVEMBER . l, 1938.
tore them apart and commenced eatMr, Ingram in his. talk high lighted
ship, having just left the Atlantic ing.
He stated the big cabbage
A. M. Holmes was given a majorthe important role Nevada County
seaboard bound for France and the. heads and three and four pound rutity of 651 over L. R. Jefford, and has had historically in water develfighting lines.
abagas tasted ‘‘mighty good.’’ The
Vernon Stoll’s majority over Ward opment. A man
named
Chabeaux
Ray Ball, Nevada City Ice Delivery men were 12 miles from the Sedan
Sheldon was 198.
was the first to bring water by ditch
Grass Valley and ‘Nevada City high
The Democratic
Was Gold Center
Nevada City’s finest! They are
We-shall shortly have a ten-times Veterans ‘Memorial Building, beginning at about 11 o’clock with Dr.
with his vengeance for the twentyHenry Mills as the principal speaktwo years he has spent in prison. For er.
At 1:30 a band concert will be
Governor-elect Olson professes to believe that this dynamiiter, Mooney, given at the James S. Hennessy field
is innocent, Courts and governors and at 2 o’clock a foot ball game
the Grass
for twenty two years are all wrong will be played between
in the opinion of Olson. Mooney, the Valley and Nevada (City high school
meal ticket for many a radical lead
se
all that. Chief of Police Robson
murderer turned loose to plague us
er, will, presently be at large.
in the right to publish the Truth,
. with good motives and. for justifiableends. — Alexander Hamil
CITY’S FINEST — WATER IS TOPIC
ARMISTICE DAY NEVADA
‘Veterans Tell Of This
IN SPLENDID RAIMENT
PROGRAM TODAY
OF ROTARY CLUB
Day 20 Years Ago
GRASSVALLEY
ty in national and state government.
While the Ham and Egg candidates
have won a triumph at the polls, the
Anmistice
eolebeatton
for
people have wisely divested them of twin cities will begin at 10 peed
in
the vehicle that carried them into Grass’ Valley this morning with the
office.
parade. Following the parade patriotic exercises will be held in the
ing twenty men and
cet
@
From the Californian,
March 15, 1848:
The Liberty of the Press consists
annual tinue to the 600 foot level. Some of awaiting such time as the company
the richest ore mined is being shin finds it suitable to atest s mill.
friends in
[epek-ene,.