November 14, 1938 (4 pages)

al . ly coincides with the actual results iy perate men and Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada Ci Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA i gget with geod motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, . March 15, 1848: — The Liberty of' the Press consists” n the right to publish the Truth, { We are glad to note that President Roosevelt, coming to the surface in a press session, after his submergence in Hyde Park during and after the election, does so with a smile, For the first time in six years he is smiling with millions of Republicans. His forecast of the election . placed in a sealed envelope some days before the event, when revealed to the reporters last Friday, closeof the voting. He professes to see no reason to halt or modify the New Deal program dpring the next two years, Walking past the graveyard he whistles. The election now being over we note that President Roosevelt will whittle down the funds allotted to WPA $275,000,000 by December 1, $250,000,000 by January 1, $225,000,000 by February 1, and $200,000,000 by March 1. In other words, the Republicans having clamored for economy will be given a taste of it and ithis may serve to. break down their morale in Congress. Perhaps that is the reasonwhy Mr. Roosevelt smiles so broadly. It is just possible, however, that the return to safety and sanity signalized by the revolt of so many eastern and western states against the New Deal extravagance and waste, may enable business and industry actually to reempoly those who will lose WPA jobs. In that event, the President will have to think of something else to justify a smile. Democrats who have failed for 44 vears to get within reaching distance of the state pie counter can be forgiven if they are somewhat hungry. Governer-elect Olson will have a large . list of job holders who can date their allegiance from the days of the EPIC, or earlier. He is a new broom and we suspect fhat he will sweep very clean indeed. We doubt whether even a Republican mote will be left floating in California air. Still, considerinig the fact that there were 850,000 more Democrats than Republicans registered, and his vittory only shows something over 200,000 majority, perhaps the new governor will take the advice of St. Paul and ‘‘use moderation in all things.’ Aifter all, he might wish to see continued for a “few ~years~@ Democratic regime. He might even aspire to succeed himself, as Governor Merriam did. The governorelect talks of economy and we sin cerely hope he means it. Blut economy measures, he must know, will not maintain his popularity with a considerable section of the people that helped elect him. He also talks of putting into effect some of the . an. (21) Main from Washington to ee E. Broad—Mrs. E. L. Tatman. (22) In so far as agricultural produc-. Alexander and Dean 4 eee tion for use is concerned we are for . Hewer. (23) Pine from Commercial it. We sincerely believe.that the des-. to Cottage, and Cottage—Mrs. Ray ; Wilde, (24) Pine from Cottage to women and their families who have come from various eastern dust bowl and flood areas to California to find a living, should ibe given an opportunity to do ‘so. If it is possible to buy and sulbdivide some of the large land holdings in this state, and upon it settle famiiies with farm experience on long loan terms, we certainly believe it should be done, But the only way such an enterprise can succeed is to place it in the hands of financial and agricultural experts and leave it there, without political interference. . . Whether Olson will have the courage to start such an enterprise of this kind and then divorce it com-. pletely from his political fortunes, is a question that only. he can answer. M he can and -will, his name will be enshrined in Galifornia history. So far as industrial production for use is concerned the story is different. Most industries require spec-. ial skills. Skilled labor throughout this country is pretty well employed today. It is so scarce in ‘Nevada County for instance, that public building projects here could not be completed without importing skilled mechanics. This condition probably holds good throughout the country in all but the more densely populated sections. So ‘far as reports .received here indicate, there has been no influx of skilled labor into California. To establish factories on a production for use basis, therefore, would seem altogether impractical, they would cost the tax payers far more than they could earn. Most of our new population comes from farming sections in the east. If-Mr. Olson can find a way to make these people self-supporting, some two or three hundred thousand of them, he will have justified the faith that the majority of CalifornGrove Street—Mrs. Washington to City. Limits—Mrs. McCraney. City Limits—Mrs; G. Church and Main to Washington—Mrs. ote, Winter and Court—Ruth E. Broad—Mrs. Herboth. (25) Broad street from the Theatre to Junction E and W Broad—Mrs, gaard. (26) Bast Broad to City Limits—Mrs. Broad to City Limits—2Mrs. Nye. to North End—wMrs. Geo.” Gildersleeve. District—-Mrs. Nursery, Nihell and B.—Mrs. Parsons. trict (from Nevada Creek.)—Mrs. H. S. Foreman. (33) Willow Valley—Mrs. Carl Tobiassen. its out—Mrs. West Broad from City Limits out— Mrs. E. L. Towle. Road from City Limits out—mMrs. L. L. Labaree. (37) Indian Flat district—Tom Coan. (38) Lower G. V. Road from City-Limits to Town Talk —George Cheney. (39) Grass Valley Highway from City Limits to Town Talk—Ed Jacobs. ‘ered by the following persons: J. J. Jackson and Garfield Robson. ins. (3) Oscar Odegaard and Emmet Gallagher. (4) Carrol Coughlan and Harley. Leete. PROFESSIONAL WOMEN Vol. 12, No. 89. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MON DAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1938. PLANS FOR RED CROSS CAMPAIGN ARE ANNOUNCED Plans for the Annual Red Cross Roll Call for Nevada City and its district have been completed. Roll Call Chairman Hal D.Draper announces the objective of this years drive as “‘‘Every Adult in Each Household a Member of the Red Cross, and a contribution from each school student, even if it is only one cent.’’ Nevada City and its environs have been divided into small districts to provide for a complete house-tohouse canvass; no worker will have more than thirty or forty houses to call upon, so that there should tbe no difficulty in contacting each household during the week remaining for the drive. » A luncheon meeting has been arranged at the National Hotel dining room, Thursday the 17th, at which all workers are: expected to be present, The luncheon will cost 45 cents. Final instructions will be issued at this time. The districts of Nevada City and the persofis who have been asked to conduct'the canvass therein are as follows: (1) Adams, Long and Depot— Mrs. W. J. Watson. (2) Clay and Prospect—Mrs. O. L. Schiffner. (3) Nile, Nimrod and Silva—Mrs. G. H. Thomas. (4) Sacramento to the Cut —Mrs. Kuessefif. (5) Sacramento from the Cut to Zion—Mrs. J. P. Muscardini. (6) Walrath and L. G, V. Road—Mrs. Curtis Clark. (7) Zion street—Mrs. H. A. Curnow. (8) S. Pine from Sacramento to the Bridge—Mrs. Mitchell. (9) Jordan Gethsemne and Tribulation Trail— Mrs. Chas. Elliott. (10) Mount Calvary. and Cross—Mrs. Jas. E. Sowder. (11) Boulder Street—mMrs. J. R. Bell and Mrs. Douglas Farmer. (12) SEES) Wm. Moulthen. (14)—-Nevada to Washington—wMrs. Paul Kemper. (15) Nevada from E. M. Rector. (16) High and Washington from Coyote to Nevada—Mrs. O.» (17) Coyote. from Main to Washington—Mrs. Cole Nawman. (18) Coyote from Washington to N. Bettles. (19) from Commercial Geo. Wright. (20) Washington, from Pine to CoyHog Oscar OdeWest Robert (28) Spring street from Pine Clyde Gwin. (29) Bridge, Mill and Factory—Mrs. (30) Lost. Hill Irvine Long. (31) Chas. (32) County Hospital Disto Mosquito Chas. Leiter. (27) (34) Tahoe Highway from City LimPhil Harding. (35) (36) Hoag Mine The business district will be cov*€E) (2) John, Fortier and Walter HawkWILL DINE TONIGHT There will be a dinner and business meeting of the Business and Professional Women’s Club this evening at seven o’clock at the National Hotel. Misses Phyllis Horan and Patricia Bonner will act as co-chairmen, Games and a social time will be the diversion following the dinner. This will be the only meeting for the month of November, soO-a. good attendance is especially asked by the DISTRICT MEETING OF There will be a district meeting of the P. T. A. in the grammar school at Lincoln at 10 o’clock in the morning next Thursday, November 17. All those: who desire transportation should phone 548. BAY BRIDGE Is CELEBRATING Two years ago at 12:30 o’clock noon, November 12, 1936, the San Franeisco-Oakland Bay bridge was officially opened to. traffic. _ Since then approximately 17,800,000 vehicles, transporting more than 39,160,000 persons, have crossed the great span, Chief Engineer C. H. Purcell reported to Director of Public Works Earl Lee Kelly. Up to November 1, 1938 the bridge has earned a total of $9,480,514,31 with a daily average since the span opened of 24,388 vehicles. “In the past year,’’ Mr. Purcell said, ‘‘the Sam Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge has stimulated transbay traffic approximately 300 per cent over the pre-bridge year 1935, and the total number of persons transporied iacross the span would find ‘its aquivalent if every man, woman and child in San Francisco and Alameda counties crossed the bridge 36 times. The bridge is unquestionably not only spaying for itself in terms of revenue, but also in terms of business stimulation for the bay area and its surrounding territory through the time saving and convenience of its facilities. Traffic has shown a general increase this year over last year, Mr. Purcell announced. Automobile traffic has increased 27 percent; busses 30.04 per cent; trucks 47.80 per cent and number of freight pounds 57.20 per cent. From opening date, November 12, 1936 to November 1, 11938, 16,259,399 passenger. automobiles, 61,073 motorcycles and 220779 busses have used the bridge. A combined total of 676,525 trucks and truck trailers has carried a total of 1,591,228,326 freight pounds. The bay bridge tow service has given aid to 13,507 vehicles since the span. opened to November 1, 1938, or to one out of every 1,298 cars crossing the bridge. This is an average of 18.79 per day. Lack of gasoline was the source of trouble of more than half the motorists, with 7,389 calls registered during the two year period. There were 4,009 vehicles towed and 2,034 tires changed. The bay bridge’s own fire department put out 69 vehicular fires. Calls for -bay bridge services are made by motorists through the red tow calls boxes placed along both decks of the span and on the distribution structure. Exposition traffic also provided an important item in the year’s report, according to Mr. Purcell. The total number of automobiles traveling to the exposition during the year to November 1 was 76,950. Other ‘totals include: trucks, 14,725; buses 389; motorcycles and trailers, 396. There was a total of 99,643,237 freight pounds transported to the exposition. The. bay bridge highway still remains one of the safest in the nation, with 106 accidents occurring on the span proper in the past two years out of a total of 17,534,944 vehicles crossing the bridge to November 1, 1938. This indicates that for every 165,424 vehicles crossing the span, there was one accident. One hundred and seven persons ‘were injured in accidents on the bridge out ‘of an approximate number of 38,576,877 persons crossing the span as of November 1. Captain S. M. Flynn of the California highway patrol detailed to the bay bridge reports that a noticeable decrease in drunk driving, speed and reckless driving has resulted from strict enforcement of bridge traffic rules, together with the cooperation of the courts Arrests anda citations are down approximately one third, Captain Flynn said. Construction of the Bay Bridge Electric Railway Facilities is nearing completion, Mr. Purcell said, with trains expected to be in-operation some time between January 1 and 15, no specific day having yet been set. The terminal building is practically completed, except for the final cleaning up ,and major construction has been finished on the P.T.A. NEXT THURSDAY . 2ND BIRTHDAY . PETER VOISS TO SHOW PREACHER PROSPECT SPOT Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called at. 7 o’clock Sunday evening to investtgate a suspected burglary of the first floor of the city library. W. Whiting, traveling Preacher and prospector whose gospel chariot has been seen recently on Broad ‘street, summoned the officer when he thought prowlers were Tansacking the building, Whiting was waiting for the officer when he arrived and they made an investigation but found neither prowler nor any sign of looting. When questioned Whiting stated he arrived in Nevada City a few days ago and not knowing the library was closed on Sundays decided to go there to do some reading. He found the building in darkness but the basement window wide open, and summoned the officer. It was found two of the-windows had been nailed shut but the third was left unlatched. The chief found a garden hose, evidently used for watering the lawn thrown just inside the window. He surmised that the window was left open so that the care taker could secure the hose, water the lawn and then hide it again. An interesting sidelight on .the man Whiting is that he is in Nevada City awaiting the arrival of an old bewhiskered prospector named_ Peter Voiss.: Voiss, it will be remembbered was headline news all over the country about two years ago when he refused to let a young dentist take a picture of himself and donkey wagon and killed him when he persisted. The killing for which Voiss was exonerated occurred near San Jose. Whiting stated he and Voiss are good friends, he having once stakeu Voiss to a few meals when Voiss was hard up. He claims Voiss is to meet him here and take him to some good prospecting ground known only to the old prospector. CALIFORNIONS TO EAT 100,000 RAISIN PIES Californians on Wednesday will eat 100,000 raisin pies. In observyance of California Raisin Day, November 16, hotels and restaurants are featuring this item on 50,000 menus. They will ‘bake on an average two pies to serve the numiber of patrons represented by edch menu, Raisin growers hope there will ‘be an equal number of home made pies. This is but a small part of the national campaign instituted to move large surpluses of prunes and raisins produced in California this year. For an entire week, the food stores of the nation have been displaying and advertising these two California products. DISTURBED PEACE > John Luberger, accused of disturbing the peace in the Spanish Inn and the Cottage Inn a week ago, was apprehended yesterday in Marysville and brought back to lodge in the county jail. He and Albert Wear are ‘accused of entering the two places named. While one started a fight with the bartender or some of the guests, the other is reported to have made off with a slot machine. ALLEGED THIEF JAILED Walter Weldon, who was the alleged companion of Nick Cori, when the latter was killed at Soda Springs a couple of.months since, while en‘gaged in an attempt to carry off the cash register of the service station at 3 o’clock in the moriing was apPrehended yesterday and booked at the county jail. Roy Swift, assayer, and Bob Kline motored to Graniteville Sunday morning on mining business. Jim Odegaard came up from Sacramento where he is attending Junior College and accompanied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Odegaard and daughter to San Francisco Sunday. They were met there by Oscar Jr., a student at Santa Clara college and all of them attended the Santa Clara St. Mary’s (Gaels and Broncs) football game. of train inspection buildings: in the East Bay yard. Last minute construction will take place the night before the trains start operation when Key System tracks will be cut. and Southern Pacific tracks at the chairman ee charge. jans have expressed in him. entire facilities except for erection 7th street connection. ‘conditions similar to those existing in at the easterly end of the bridge. e¢ ELKS BASKETBALL TEAM TO PLAY AUBURN The Nevada City Elks basket ball team will play its first game of the season on Wednesday night at the Nevada City high school gym. They will meet stiff competition from the well coached team of the Placer Junior College. There will be a preliminary game between the lighter squad teams of the two organizations. The J. C. team appears to be a much superior team than that of the locals, but what the Elks lack in action they will make up in determination and aggressiveness. The main event commences at 9 o’clock. MOTHER OF MRS. Mrs. Frances Kelley, 53 years old and mother of Mrs. Omar Tonella, passed away at the home of her daughter early this morning after an illness of several months. Mrs. Kelley was a resident of Grass Valley but was moved to her daughter’s home so that she might care for her. Besides her daughter she leaves a husband, Peter Kelley and two grand children. Funeral services will be held in St. Canice Catholic church Wednesday morning, with Rev. Father J. P. O’Reilly officiating. Holmes Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements, GRAND PATRIARCH OF ODD FELLOWS HERE W. Belman of Redding and Grand Patriarch of the Odd Fellows Encampment, arrived in Nevada City today to make an official visit to the local encampment. After the meeting refreshments will be served in the Odd Fellows banquet hal: where the meeting is to be held. The local encampment has invited the wives and lady guests-of members to attend the open meeting: Thomas Haddy ‘is serving his fifth year as chief. of the local encampment. Invitations have been sent to nNembers to attend from Colfax, Auburn, and Sacramento. BIDS OPENED ON NOV. 26 FOR DAM AT NARROWS Harry L. Englebright speaking before the California Hydraulic Mining Association Saturday afternoon stated that conditions are favorable for early completion of three of the debris control dams project and that the fourth will not be greatly delayed. He revealed that the advance made here was attracting not only local and nation wide interest, but that many foreign countries with here were also interested in the project. He predicted an early amendment of the act under which the local dams are being constructed so as to permit its application elsewhere. Funds will be made available at intervals as. needed to complete work already started, the principle of the continuing contract having been supplied by the government. This means that virtually no financial problems now exist. Mr. Englebright praised the association’s attitude in confining itself to the single idea of building the barriers. He stated that much iof the success was attributable to the association’s disinclination to attempt the solution of wnrolated problems. It was stated at the meeting that pids for the Narrows works will be opened on November 26. With the first letting of contract preliminary work. will begin. Work on the dam at North Fork site is now a little more than onethird completed. In a few days conwhere flood waters will not interfere with the work of raising the face of the dam. Proposals. for work will be openand new plans are being considered for the Bear river. works. This will TONELLA PASSES) struction will have reached a point) ed soon at the Ruck-a-Chucky site, } MUSICAL TREAT FOR ROTARY CLUB A musical treat is in store for Nevada City Rotarians-at the luncheon next Thursday, according to Chairman Charles Elliott, who states that he has been fortunate in arranging for the Nevada City High. School Choral Groups of 50 to 60 boys and girls to sing for them on that date. He has been able to do this through the cooperation of Rotarian and Supr erintendent of Schools H. E. Kjorlie. Superintendent Kjorlie considers Marian Libbey, director of the group, one of the outstanding directors of choral music in the state, and that the work of her students in A Capela chorus work has been among the highest from a standpoint of achieve— ment. Mrs. Libbey has selected the following tentative program: Girls chorus: The Conqueror. Autumn. The Sleigh. 1 Mixed Chorus (boys and girls): Vanka ’n Tanka. Cousin Jedediah. The Lost Chord. TERM OF CIO RIOTER IN JAIL COMPLETED. Henry Yuen, who was convicted last June of rioting, and sentencedto serve six months in jail, has completed his term and was released last week. C. E. Circle, sentenced to eight months, has jbut about five weeks remaining. Time off is granted ‘for good conduct. Roy Staton, Pete Zdrich and Jim Vasion are out on“bail, pending decision of the ap“ peal carried to tk} Appellate Court. Fines of Yuen, Circle and Vasion have been paid, but owing to legal technicalities these are also up for review by the Appellate Court. Grant Spear tried a couple of months ago and convicted was sentended to serve ten months in jail, and, as is thé case with caer has not yet been bailed out. DEPUTY EXALTED RULER VISITOR Frank Reese, district deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of -the Benevolent Order of Elks for northern California made his official visit te Nevada City Lodge Friday night. He was greeted by a large attendance of local Elks and with him was Hubert Shearer, a former resident of Nevada City, who is Esquire of the Woodland lodge. : Exalted Ruler Frank G. Finnegan and the officers of Nevada City Lodge exemplified the initiatory work for the visiting officer in a@ most satisfactory manner. Mr. Reese delivered to the local lodge the mes— sage of the Grand Exalted Ruler and entertained them ‘with a talk that was thoroughly enjoyed by those ~~ present. A turkey dinner was served previous to the lodge meeting. DEATH CALLS MRS. LOTTIE SE Nevada City was shocked and saddened at one o’clock today when it became known that Mrs. Lottie. Seaman, 80 years of age, had just passed after about ten days of critical illness. She lived in an apartment over the Hogs Mine Company office, a building owned by herself and late, husband many years. Her sister, M Henry Lau of Sacramento has been summoned, She was too ill herself to be with her sister at the time of passing. Surviving this highly esteemed honored pioneer are a brother . Three Rivers, Michigan and Mrs, Lau. Mrs, Seaman, came to Nevada as a small child and has resided . last few years she always. and kindly with a friendly everyone, The remains are a’ es Funeral Home pending ar ments for the eos :

al . ly coincides with the actual results iy perate men and Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada Ci Nu COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA i gget with geod motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton From the Californian, . March 15, 1848: — The Liberty of' the Press consists” n the right to publish the Truth, { We are glad to note that President Roosevelt, coming to the surface in a press session, after his submergence in Hyde Park during and after the election, does so with a smile, For the first time in six years he is smiling with millions of Republicans. His forecast of the election . placed in a sealed envelope some days before the event, when revealed to the reporters last Friday, closeof the voting. He professes to see no reason to halt or modify the New Deal program dpring the next two years, Walking past the graveyard he whistles. The election now being over we note that President Roosevelt will whittle down the funds allotted to WPA $275,000,000 by December 1, $250,000,000 by January 1, $225,000,000 by February 1, and $200,000,000 by March 1. In other words, the Republicans having clamored for economy will be given a taste of it and ithis may serve to. break down their morale in Congress. Perhaps that is the reasonwhy Mr. Roosevelt smiles so broadly. It is just possible, however, that the return to safety and sanity signalized by the revolt of so many eastern and western states against the New Deal extravagance and waste, may enable business and industry actually to reempoly those who will lose WPA jobs. In that event, the President will have to think of something else to justify a smile. Democrats who have failed for 44 vears to get within reaching distance of the state pie counter can be forgiven if they are somewhat hungry. Governer-elect Olson will have a large . list of job holders who can date their allegiance from the days of the EPIC, or earlier. He is a new broom and we suspect fhat he will sweep very clean indeed. We doubt whether even a Republican mote will be left floating in California air. Still, considerinig the fact that there were 850,000 more Democrats than Republicans registered, and his vittory only shows something over 200,000 majority, perhaps the new governor will take the advice of St. Paul and ‘‘use moderation in all things.’ Aifter all, he might wish to see continued for a “few ~years~@ Democratic regime. He might even aspire to succeed himself, as Governor Merriam did. The governorelect talks of economy and we sin cerely hope he means it. Blut economy measures, he must know, will not maintain his popularity with a considerable section of the people that helped elect him. He also talks of putting into effect some of the . an. (21) Main from Washington to ee E. Broad—Mrs. E. L. Tatman. (22) In so far as agricultural produc-. Alexander and Dean 4 eee tion for use is concerned we are for . Hewer. (23) Pine from Commercial it. We sincerely believe.that the des-. to Cottage, and Cottage—Mrs. Ray ; Wilde, (24) Pine from Cottage to women and their families who have come from various eastern dust bowl and flood areas to California to find a living, should ibe given an opportunity to do ‘so. If it is possible to buy and sulbdivide some of the large land holdings in this state, and upon it settle famiiies with farm experience on long loan terms, we certainly believe it should be done, But the only way such an enterprise can succeed is to place it in the hands of financial and agricultural experts and leave it there, without political interference. . . Whether Olson will have the courage to start such an enterprise of this kind and then divorce it com-. pletely from his political fortunes, is a question that only. he can answer. M he can and -will, his name will be enshrined in Galifornia history. So far as industrial production for use is concerned the story is different. Most industries require spec-. ial skills. Skilled labor throughout this country is pretty well employed today. It is so scarce in ‘Nevada County for instance, that public building projects here could not be completed without importing skilled mechanics. This condition probably holds good throughout the country in all but the more densely populated sections. So ‘far as reports .received here indicate, there has been no influx of skilled labor into California. To establish factories on a production for use basis, therefore, would seem altogether impractical, they would cost the tax payers far more than they could earn. Most of our new population comes from farming sections in the east. If-Mr. Olson can find a way to make these people self-supporting, some two or three hundred thousand of them, he will have justified the faith that the majority of CalifornGrove Street—Mrs. Washington to City. Limits—Mrs. McCraney. City Limits—Mrs; G. Church and Main to Washington—Mrs. ote, Winter and Court—Ruth E. Broad—Mrs. Herboth. (25) Broad street from the Theatre to Junction E and W Broad—Mrs, gaard. (26) Bast Broad to City Limits—Mrs. Broad to City Limits—2Mrs. Nye. to North End—wMrs. Geo.” Gildersleeve. District—-Mrs. Nursery, Nihell and B.—Mrs. Parsons. trict (from Nevada Creek.)—Mrs. H. S. Foreman. (33) Willow Valley—Mrs. Carl Tobiassen. its out—Mrs. West Broad from City Limits out— Mrs. E. L. Towle. Road from City Limits out—mMrs. L. L. Labaree. (37) Indian Flat district—Tom Coan. (38) Lower G. V. Road from City-Limits to Town Talk —George Cheney. (39) Grass Valley Highway from City Limits to Town Talk—Ed Jacobs. ‘ered by the following persons: J. J. Jackson and Garfield Robson. ins. (3) Oscar Odegaard and Emmet Gallagher. (4) Carrol Coughlan and Harley. Leete. PROFESSIONAL WOMEN Vol. 12, No. 89. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MON DAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1938. PLANS FOR RED CROSS CAMPAIGN ARE ANNOUNCED Plans for the Annual Red Cross Roll Call for Nevada City and its district have been completed. Roll Call Chairman Hal D.Draper announces the objective of this years drive as “‘‘Every Adult in Each Household a Member of the Red Cross, and a contribution from each school student, even if it is only one cent.’’ Nevada City and its environs have been divided into small districts to provide for a complete house-tohouse canvass; no worker will have more than thirty or forty houses to call upon, so that there should tbe no difficulty in contacting each household during the week remaining for the drive. » A luncheon meeting has been arranged at the National Hotel dining room, Thursday the 17th, at which all workers are: expected to be present, The luncheon will cost 45 cents. Final instructions will be issued at this time. The districts of Nevada City and the persofis who have been asked to conduct'the canvass therein are as follows: (1) Adams, Long and Depot— Mrs. W. J. Watson. (2) Clay and Prospect—Mrs. O. L. Schiffner. (3) Nile, Nimrod and Silva—Mrs. G. H. Thomas. (4) Sacramento to the Cut —Mrs. Kuessefif. (5) Sacramento from the Cut to Zion—Mrs. J. P. Muscardini. (6) Walrath and L. G, V. Road—Mrs. Curtis Clark. (7) Zion street—Mrs. H. A. Curnow. (8) S. Pine from Sacramento to the Bridge—Mrs. Mitchell. (9) Jordan Gethsemne and Tribulation Trail— Mrs. Chas. Elliott. (10) Mount Calvary. and Cross—Mrs. Jas. E. Sowder. (11) Boulder Street—mMrs. J. R. Bell and Mrs. Douglas Farmer. (12) SEES) Wm. Moulthen. (14)—-Nevada to Washington—wMrs. Paul Kemper. (15) Nevada from E. M. Rector. (16) High and Washington from Coyote to Nevada—Mrs. O.» (17) Coyote. from Main to Washington—Mrs. Cole Nawman. (18) Coyote from Washington to N. Bettles. (19) from Commercial Geo. Wright. (20) Washington, from Pine to CoyHog Oscar OdeWest Robert (28) Spring street from Pine Clyde Gwin. (29) Bridge, Mill and Factory—Mrs. (30) Lost. Hill Irvine Long. (31) Chas. (32) County Hospital Disto Mosquito Chas. Leiter. (27) (34) Tahoe Highway from City LimPhil Harding. (35) (36) Hoag Mine The business district will be cov*€E) (2) John, Fortier and Walter HawkWILL DINE TONIGHT There will be a dinner and business meeting of the Business and Professional Women’s Club this evening at seven o’clock at the National Hotel. Misses Phyllis Horan and Patricia Bonner will act as co-chairmen, Games and a social time will be the diversion following the dinner. This will be the only meeting for the month of November, soO-a. good attendance is especially asked by the DISTRICT MEETING OF There will be a district meeting of the P. T. A. in the grammar school at Lincoln at 10 o’clock in the morning next Thursday, November 17. All those: who desire transportation should phone 548. BAY BRIDGE Is CELEBRATING Two years ago at 12:30 o’clock noon, November 12, 1936, the San Franeisco-Oakland Bay bridge was officially opened to. traffic. _ Since then approximately 17,800,000 vehicles, transporting more than 39,160,000 persons, have crossed the great span, Chief Engineer C. H. Purcell reported to Director of Public Works Earl Lee Kelly. Up to November 1, 1938 the bridge has earned a total of $9,480,514,31 with a daily average since the span opened of 24,388 vehicles. “In the past year,’’ Mr. Purcell said, ‘‘the Sam Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge has stimulated transbay traffic approximately 300 per cent over the pre-bridge year 1935, and the total number of persons transporied iacross the span would find ‘its aquivalent if every man, woman and child in San Francisco and Alameda counties crossed the bridge 36 times. The bridge is unquestionably not only spaying for itself in terms of revenue, but also in terms of business stimulation for the bay area and its surrounding territory through the time saving and convenience of its facilities. Traffic has shown a general increase this year over last year, Mr. Purcell announced. Automobile traffic has increased 27 percent; busses 30.04 per cent; trucks 47.80 per cent and number of freight pounds 57.20 per cent. From opening date, November 12, 1936 to November 1, 11938, 16,259,399 passenger. automobiles, 61,073 motorcycles and 220779 busses have used the bridge. A combined total of 676,525 trucks and truck trailers has carried a total of 1,591,228,326 freight pounds. The bay bridge tow service has given aid to 13,507 vehicles since the span. opened to November 1, 1938, or to one out of every 1,298 cars crossing the bridge. This is an average of 18.79 per day. Lack of gasoline was the source of trouble of more than half the motorists, with 7,389 calls registered during the two year period. There were 4,009 vehicles towed and 2,034 tires changed. The bay bridge’s own fire department put out 69 vehicular fires. Calls for -bay bridge services are made by motorists through the red tow calls boxes placed along both decks of the span and on the distribution structure. Exposition traffic also provided an important item in the year’s report, according to Mr. Purcell. The total number of automobiles traveling to the exposition during the year to November 1 was 76,950. Other ‘totals include: trucks, 14,725; buses 389; motorcycles and trailers, 396. There was a total of 99,643,237 freight pounds transported to the exposition. The. bay bridge highway still remains one of the safest in the nation, with 106 accidents occurring on the span proper in the past two

years out of a total of 17,534,944 vehicles crossing the bridge to November 1, 1938. This indicates that for every 165,424 vehicles crossing the span, there was one accident. One hundred and seven persons ‘were injured in accidents on the bridge out ‘of an approximate number of 38,576,877 persons crossing the span as of November 1. Captain S. M. Flynn of the California highway patrol detailed to the bay bridge reports that a noticeable decrease in drunk driving, speed and reckless driving has resulted from strict enforcement of bridge traffic rules, together with the cooperation of the courts Arrests anda citations are down approximately one third, Captain Flynn said. Construction of the Bay Bridge Electric Railway Facilities is nearing completion, Mr. Purcell said, with trains expected to be in-operation some time between January 1 and 15, no specific day having yet been set. The terminal building is practically completed, except for the final cleaning up ,and major construction has been finished on the P.T.A. NEXT THURSDAY . 2ND BIRTHDAY . PETER VOISS TO SHOW PREACHER PROSPECT SPOT Chief of Police Garfield Robson was called at. 7 o’clock Sunday evening to investtgate a suspected burglary of the first floor of the city library. W. Whiting, traveling Preacher and prospector whose gospel chariot has been seen recently on Broad ‘street, summoned the officer when he thought prowlers were Tansacking the building, Whiting was waiting for the officer when he arrived and they made an investigation but found neither prowler nor any sign of looting. When questioned Whiting stated he arrived in Nevada City a few days ago and not knowing the library was closed on Sundays decided to go there to do some reading. He found the building in darkness but the basement window wide open, and summoned the officer. It was found two of the-windows had been nailed shut but the third was left unlatched. The chief found a garden hose, evidently used for watering the lawn thrown just inside the window. He surmised that the window was left open so that the care taker could secure the hose, water the lawn and then hide it again. An interesting sidelight on .the man Whiting is that he is in Nevada City awaiting the arrival of an old bewhiskered prospector named_ Peter Voiss.: Voiss, it will be remembbered was headline news all over the country about two years ago when he refused to let a young dentist take a picture of himself and donkey wagon and killed him when he persisted. The killing for which Voiss was exonerated occurred near San Jose. Whiting stated he and Voiss are good friends, he having once stakeu Voiss to a few meals when Voiss was hard up. He claims Voiss is to meet him here and take him to some good prospecting ground known only to the old prospector. CALIFORNIONS TO EAT 100,000 RAISIN PIES Californians on Wednesday will eat 100,000 raisin pies. In observyance of California Raisin Day, November 16, hotels and restaurants are featuring this item on 50,000 menus. They will ‘bake on an average two pies to serve the numiber of patrons represented by edch menu, Raisin growers hope there will ‘be an equal number of home made pies. This is but a small part of the national campaign instituted to move large surpluses of prunes and raisins produced in California this year. For an entire week, the food stores of the nation have been displaying and advertising these two California products. DISTURBED PEACE > John Luberger, accused of disturbing the peace in the Spanish Inn and the Cottage Inn a week ago, was apprehended yesterday in Marysville and brought back to lodge in the county jail. He and Albert Wear are ‘accused of entering the two places named. While one started a fight with the bartender or some of the guests, the other is reported to have made off with a slot machine. ALLEGED THIEF JAILED Walter Weldon, who was the alleged companion of Nick Cori, when the latter was killed at Soda Springs a couple of.months since, while en‘gaged in an attempt to carry off the cash register of the service station at 3 o’clock in the moriing was apPrehended yesterday and booked at the county jail. Roy Swift, assayer, and Bob Kline motored to Graniteville Sunday morning on mining business. Jim Odegaard came up from Sacramento where he is attending Junior College and accompanied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Odegaard and daughter to San Francisco Sunday. They were met there by Oscar Jr., a student at Santa Clara college and all of them attended the Santa Clara St. Mary’s (Gaels and Broncs) football game. of train inspection buildings: in the East Bay yard. Last minute construction will take place the night before the trains start operation when Key System tracks will be cut. and Southern Pacific tracks at the chairman ee charge. jans have expressed in him. entire facilities except for erection 7th street connection. ‘conditions similar to those existing in at the easterly end of the bridge. e¢ ELKS BASKETBALL TEAM TO PLAY AUBURN The Nevada City Elks basket ball team will play its first game of the season on Wednesday night at the Nevada City high school gym. They will meet stiff competition from the well coached team of the Placer Junior College. There will be a preliminary game between the lighter squad teams of the two organizations. The J. C. team appears to be a much superior team than that of the locals, but what the Elks lack in action they will make up in determination and aggressiveness. The main event commences at 9 o’clock. MOTHER OF MRS. Mrs. Frances Kelley, 53 years old and mother of Mrs. Omar Tonella, passed away at the home of her daughter early this morning after an illness of several months. Mrs. Kelley was a resident of Grass Valley but was moved to her daughter’s home so that she might care for her. Besides her daughter she leaves a husband, Peter Kelley and two grand children. Funeral services will be held in St. Canice Catholic church Wednesday morning, with Rev. Father J. P. O’Reilly officiating. Holmes Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements, GRAND PATRIARCH OF ODD FELLOWS HERE W. Belman of Redding and Grand Patriarch of the Odd Fellows Encampment, arrived in Nevada City today to make an official visit to the local encampment. After the meeting refreshments will be served in the Odd Fellows banquet hal: where the meeting is to be held. The local encampment has invited the wives and lady guests-of members to attend the open meeting: Thomas Haddy ‘is serving his fifth year as chief. of the local encampment. Invitations have been sent to nNembers to attend from Colfax, Auburn, and Sacramento. BIDS OPENED ON NOV. 26 FOR DAM AT NARROWS Harry L. Englebright speaking before the California Hydraulic Mining Association Saturday afternoon stated that conditions are favorable for early completion of three of the debris control dams project and that the fourth will not be greatly delayed. He revealed that the advance made here was attracting not only local and nation wide interest, but that many foreign countries with here were also interested in the project. He predicted an early amendment of the act under which the local dams are being constructed so as to permit its application elsewhere. Funds will be made available at intervals as. needed to complete work already started, the principle of the continuing contract having been supplied by the government. This means that virtually no financial problems now exist. Mr. Englebright praised the association’s attitude in confining itself to the single idea of building the barriers. He stated that much iof the success was attributable to the association’s disinclination to attempt the solution of wnrolated problems. It was stated at the meeting that pids for the Narrows works will be opened on November 26. With the first letting of contract preliminary work. will begin. Work on the dam at North Fork site is now a little more than onethird completed. In a few days conwhere flood waters will not interfere with the work of raising the face of the dam. Proposals. for work will be openand new plans are being considered for the Bear river. works. This will TONELLA PASSES) struction will have reached a point) ed soon at the Ruck-a-Chucky site, } MUSICAL TREAT FOR ROTARY CLUB A musical treat is in store for Nevada City Rotarians-at the luncheon next Thursday, according to Chairman Charles Elliott, who states that he has been fortunate in arranging for the Nevada City High. School Choral Groups of 50 to 60 boys and girls to sing for them on that date. He has been able to do this through the cooperation of Rotarian and Supr erintendent of Schools H. E. Kjorlie. Superintendent Kjorlie considers Marian Libbey, director of the group, one of the outstanding directors of choral music in the state, and that the work of her students in A Capela chorus work has been among the highest from a standpoint of achieve— ment. Mrs. Libbey has selected the following tentative program: Girls chorus: The Conqueror. Autumn. The Sleigh. 1 Mixed Chorus (boys and girls): Vanka ’n Tanka. Cousin Jedediah. The Lost Chord. TERM OF CIO RIOTER IN JAIL COMPLETED. Henry Yuen, who was convicted last June of rioting, and sentencedto serve six months in jail, has completed his term and was released last week. C. E. Circle, sentenced to eight months, has jbut about five weeks remaining. Time off is granted ‘for good conduct. Roy Staton, Pete Zdrich and Jim Vasion are out on“bail, pending decision of the ap“ peal carried to tk} Appellate Court. Fines of Yuen, Circle and Vasion have been paid, but owing to legal technicalities these are also up for review by the Appellate Court. Grant Spear tried a couple of months ago and convicted was sentended to serve ten months in jail, and, as is thé case with caer has not yet been bailed out. DEPUTY EXALTED RULER VISITOR Frank Reese, district deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of -the Benevolent Order of Elks for northern California made his official visit te Nevada City Lodge Friday night. He was greeted by a large attendance of local Elks and with him was Hubert Shearer, a former resident of Nevada City, who is Esquire of the Woodland lodge. : Exalted Ruler Frank G. Finnegan and the officers of Nevada City Lodge exemplified the initiatory work for the visiting officer in a@ most satisfactory manner. Mr. Reese delivered to the local lodge the mes— sage of the Grand Exalted Ruler and entertained them ‘with a talk that was thoroughly enjoyed by those ~~ present. A turkey dinner was served previous to the lodge meeting. DEATH CALLS MRS. LOTTIE SE Nevada City was shocked and saddened at one o’clock today when it became known that Mrs. Lottie. Seaman, 80 years of age, had just passed after about ten days of critical illness. She lived in an apartment over the Hogs Mine Company office, a building owned by herself and late, husband many years. Her sister, M Henry Lau of Sacramento has been summoned, She was too ill herself to be with her sister at the time of passing. Surviving this highly esteemed honored pioneer are a brother . Three Rivers, Michigan and Mrs, Lau. Mrs, Seaman, came to Nevada as a small child and has resided . last few years she always. and kindly with a friendly everyone, The remains are a’ es Funeral Home pending ar ments for the eos :