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November 2, 1942 (4 pages)

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“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.” — Daniel Webster — re Nevada City Nugget The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month This paper gives you complete coverage of all-local happenings. If y ou: want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read The Nugget. COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA The County Seat Paper Vol. 16, No. 88. Thinking Out Loud Brothers Work Night And Californians Three Man Bursill Day To Produce For Victory Cast Ballots Gold Mines Tomorrow To Continue There are still 375,000 WPA paypensioners on Uncle Sam’s ratAdminist Works Federal rolls. or Fleming has directed state ad The Bursill Ranch in the Rough Despite thé recent federal and Ready district is not large, nor order boxes quantity California may be allowed to year included several hundred of yellow ‘of tomatoes, 700 “‘Many operators of one, nursing this wartime dodo alive. small mines. The clause said: “‘The provisions of this order shall not apply to any lode mine these papers of them; sent them into produced mercial Selective the army. examined, physically they were outfitted, and presumably most of ‘them received army training. Now they are back again They were at their old jobs. Nobody in Washington apparently looked ahead or planned. The army was permitted to grow like Topsy, often at the expense of war industries, and the other armed services. Moreover the 1200 ore in ter the which tons or less of com1941, rate of production the registration classified men, Bursills as an example of what can be done with work and perseverance, He pointed out that one clause of ed miners have now been furloughed from the army to return throughout scores of boxes of miscellaneous veg the federal order and may continue the order, which became effective October 15, specifically exempted country. We note 4,000 experienc ‘the in need national If this was a peace time, it is now a desperate need. The. American people have, perhaps, forgiven the catastrophe at Cor at Bataan, and the debacle rigdor. The gallant and hard fight ing boys, had to be sacrificed, if you like, in the national interest. g There was no way of reinforcin them, sending ‘supplies, and dealing effectively with Japs, at that time. If-an attempt had been made to eave them greater defeats probably have resulted. would That is thoughtul most the conclusion y Americans undoubtedl reached. But if, after long planning and preparation the American troops are forced out of Guadacanal island and the Solomons, or fight a a losing battle there will ibe as such r uproa ar popul wrathul this country has seldom experienc ands ed. The army and navy comm had better hold the Solomons. If they are not cooperating 100 per cent, they had better begin right now. Because we the people are satisfied that our boys have been and are doing their stuff according to the finest American traditons. We are proud of them fu end. But we have yet to experience a thrill over their leadership. This is not to take a pessimistic view of the situation in the SoloWe merely note that our mons. have . just naval losses thus far about equalled those of the Japs, and it hurts our American pride When we that this is the case. think of what the Japs lack in the way of equipment, and how tough an assignment it must be for their naval and army supply to even apfor proach the facilities we have and tanks s, providing ships, plane guns, there is nothing in the tale of losses to make us happy. What leaders to do their is. want jobs as well as the boys in squadwe ron Bight did theirs in the Midway battle. So far we have not got them. FALSE ALARM provided the of such mize af A group of 20 Nevada County men Army States will leave for United to any placer mine which treated The morning. tomorrow service iless than 100 cubic yards of materNevada of t Woodcraf of s Neighbor of! rate ‘ial in 1941, providing the City will entertain the departing soltreatment shall not exceed 100 cubic . diers. who were inducted two weeks yards per month. ago after passing their final physical “Several hundred people in the} examination. istate can probably make their living . Those departing tomorrow are: in small gold mines—perhaps thousRaymond Louis H. Breckenridge, jands when you consider the snipers ‘who do placer mining along the rivyards fers and turn over only a fe The fire Road and Coyote Street yesterday morning. brings memories Martine was residing in Port issue in tomorrow’s others. election This ship is 10,288 ton capacity and made a 1800 mile nonstop trip are concerned, Earl Warren appears carry-on. of rest for the farmers, but the -Burand as far as Nevada County voters sill Brothers intend They to are erecting accommodate to~ a chicken 600 to have a tremendous ‘edge over Inbefore 1898 the run being from San cumbent Culbert Olson. : Francisco to Acapulco, Mexico. When house more _ laying Two county offices are to be dethe Maine was blown up in the harcided by the voters and much interbor of Havana on February 16, 1898 hens. They say: “We are going to need lots of eggs the Oregon was sent to Key West those two races. . Washington to Sheriff Carl J: Tobiassen is opposfrom Bremmerton, est is shown in before this war is over.’’ of Grass the Tahoe National Forest for the hunting season recently closed show -that the Valley, bookkeeper The other contest 75 on the district per cent of the 1941 both were record, ac cording to district ranger H. I. Snider. While the first five days of than originally expected by The great ship War was declared April 21 and the is for assessor. Oregon reached Key West May 26 via Deputy Assessor Phil Scadden of Ne‘Cape Horn. On July 3 it took part im vada City is opposed. by Eben the K. ; Smart of Grass Valley, until recenta . ly a license examiner for destruction Cuban of harbor, Spanish firing and only suffered the state ships 1800 slight in shots damage . when struck by a fragment of shell. was nicknamed _ the There are 18 amendments on the} The Oregon . department of motor vehicles. ballot and . will the majority voters, Yankee of Devil and ,Bull Dog of the probably follow newspaper. rec. navy. . ommendations. . CARE TOBIASSEN number of deer killed. and number of . hunters scene of. battle. the was designed to go 15 knots an hour. or Diamond Match Company. . Tabulation of deer kill records for} the Truckee district of the ed on the ballot by Richard Hoskins -PERS t many.'} More hunters than normal were ex-. orP Ellard land cmfwyp Gates, from . geant an a emfwyp U. S. airport is spending a emfwyp Army near few serPort days in Ne vada City with his parents, Mr. and . the} 60 per cent of the deer were). Garner, time mie) ae hunting! Sans te was much less killed, there COUNTY SEEKS — WALTER CARLSON! OLD AGE PENSION AND TEACHER REIMBURSEMENT a fair profit.’’ WED IN RENO Walter A. Carlson, county superintendent of schools, and Kathryn L. Hewitt, teacher of the Pleasant Val (Mrs. Robert’ Gates and other family members. -iMrs. E Martine received word Sun qf} 1 day her brother, Murray Pryor, who : ; . has been at Camp Roberts since June Sheriff Carl’ J. Tobiassen points to! was commissioned a first lieutenant sbi in the office during the\anq called to Fort Barkley, Texas. rey E t . “Tt is your interest to see that you not in the nature of a public docuproximately three days on his huntand your children, your homes— ment, but in the nature of Patriotic ing trip, Snider states. j everything you own is protected by Service. Only one fire during the deer were rule. to reimburse the county Snider party and there were nearly sufficient dancing partners for all. All of the soldiers announced they time, giving encourageactivities in the befuture ment for had a fine half of the men in the armed forces. LOS ANGELES COUPLE PURCHASE HOME IN WILLOW VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lucian of Los have purchased a ten acre tract of land from Wesley Davis of Angeles Willow Valley. They are practically constructing an attractive through’ new home on the property. The entrance to the property is via the Mur is situated to
receive you contribution. While it is known that other key drive are under way for the: same cause, still it is thought that many believes Leaves For Modesto— , Mrs. Charles Wyant of Richmond keys or small locks that have accu mulated around their various homes. DAMAGE SUIT FILED AGAINST JAMES SNELL Recorder Nettell says: “Lets get behind one more key drive and try to fill this little bottle, which ‘by the way is no infant, Price of admission to ‘‘Look See’’—A Key. “Come on folks filler up. How Tabout a guessing contest when she’s full. Yep’ we’re going to have that too. Going to be a prize? Sure.’”’ William Haley of this city, father of Bernice Haley, has filed a suit in the superior court here against Ait Netorney and Mrs. James Snell, asking James Barry of this city, has despent a few days at her home in parted for Modesto, where he will be vada City. Her husband and daughassociated with his brother in defense ter are both engaged in war work in the ‘bay area. Elks work. : The Nevada City Lodge of the be may Saturday night gave what first of many functions sponsored ‘Dy local organizations for soldiers. Approximately 100 soldiers from (Camp Beale were present at the Elks is on duty in the lobby of the court house civilian defense training and experpeople visiting the seat. of county operation has been a factor in the for the amount paid as old age penince in hunting criminals, my deputgovernment, will avail themselves of reduction of fires on the Tahoe NaL. Jesse the opportunity to dispose of old father, their to money sion savies and myself can offer you your local men surprise to friends of both Mr. and tion, that Orpha Childers earns $250 cal anglers had good luck on the Walter Carlson is a iMrs. Carlson. per month and Ralph Childers $340 final day. Fishing picked up in the member of the Rotary Club and of per month, incomes which would enlatter part of the season after a poor the American Legion. For some years able them to adequately support their opening and as a general rule local he has ‘been regarded as a confirmfishermen considered the season a father. ed bachelor. successful one. SOLDIERS ENJOY FLKS PARTY A large container has been donated for this collection by the Empire Star Mines Company of’ Grass Valley, and jmen who know what they are dohunting. season on the Truckee dis-. . ing,’’ Sheriff Tobiassen reminds the trict was caused by a hunter and the . voters. “‘This year, now, and in the ranger’s the hunters responded to . coming war years you will be mencall for held and put this one out in started The County of Nevada has laced iby enemies from within as well speedy fashion. Such cooperation by an action in the superior court here as from off our shores. We need exthe hunters in preventing and supagainst Orpha ‘Childers and Ralph perienced men to cope with impendthe fires has always been Childers, seeking to compel the two pressing that this’ coing danger. Through FBI training, tional Forest with the resultant married yesterday Childers. best protection.”’ in timber, grazing and wildlife ing was e servic afternoon in Reno. The The suit maintains that last Sepvalues. performed by the Rev. William K. tember 4th the Board of Supervisors home r forme s bride’ The y. SSimpe FISHING SEASON CLOSES request of the elder ChilThe announce. granted the was in Yuba City. Saturday marked the end of the ders for a pension. It was learned, ment of the marriage came as a great however, by a subsequent investigafishing season for 1942. Several loschool ley rang early and Echo Ranch. Mr: and Mrs. La was a 7. * : : ; s . v solicitine votes!tt i eig ~o. past wet i : with jaye who is wife, expected his is soliciting years in ght years where)! region, the coast tpected from J. H. Lute, William W. Kilroy, Robin money their of all sunk . for his reelection tomorrow. . . ners had her parents in Woodland, will join the season was closed, but in the . The incumbent believes this is no . him in December. ia small mine not yet-in operation. ert J. Brown, Stephen A. Little, Jr., final analysis that change in hunt. time to make a change in the office . Et is quite possible,’’ Averill conJack M. Aragon, Matt O. Eckola and ing effort did not materialize. as his force and himself . itinued, ‘‘that those three men will Jack W. Hortshorn. The average time spent hunting jinasmuch RECORD YOUR KEYS: }are well qualified through training . be able to continue their mine, opert+ for days two this year was about So says Recorder Nettell and staff only not and themselves, land experience to handle aly situait ating each hunter, while in normal years at the court house at Nevada City, . tion which may arise. save their investment but also make the average hunter had spent ap false cian are musicians and will leave the pranksters first of the month for Southern CaliHallowe’en alarm and fornia to remain until April. ies. authorit were blamed by teh It vital season featured.a heavy concentraet P. Dowd, Ernest H. Marks, Walter tion of hunters and during which . . S. Hanson, Francis M. Heinize,-Char: Brown, Howard V. . les G. la day,’ Averill said. Mathew C. Grigg, Arthe Wilde, B. office Nay the into came man One . head . chie H. Ramsey, Richard O. James, mining j other day, the local . Roy L.-Michael, Herbert M. Lewis, parttwo his and . said, and stated he Washington from Deer Creek to the Tom Maguire at cast ballots in this county have 98. expectations. Winter is coming, a time generally issuance of the order, shall not exceed 100 tons per month, nor chie road. The-ground alarm beyond 0 WILL LEAVE NUMBER OF DEER HERE TOMORROW SHOT IN TRUCKEE FOR U.S. ARMY DISTRICT DROPS ‘orities yet. are now studyarmy authorities ing a plan to return older men to civilan life. More waste of time and money. Yet the president was a advocated once the one who y. countr this for my econo ed plann and all, many of them are exempted from to operate.” fusion worse confounded emanates in Washington and overflows the examined apples etables in addition to eggs and chickS$tricts their operations.’’ Averill en fryers. stated. ‘“‘Although there are other County Agricultural Commissioner considerations, and no rule holds for L. G. Lageson cites the work of the by The war effort is attended and time, waste motion, wasted wasted money in many fields. Con west fruit Types of apples which are especial office recently to ask if the order re battle, these parasites continue to suck tax money that should be spent in the war effort. Service boards boxes expected. 650 boxes of two and three man mines have come intothe While the world writhes in deadly of December training ship and lay in the harbor V. Averill of the state bureau boxes of cantaloupes, a large quanOrtley, Newtown Pippins, Red Romthe absentee method. at that city and he went board with The governorship race is the most tity of muscat and wine grapes, an es and Ben Davis. of. mines stated. in the U; S. Treasury and we suspect that the various administrators, including Fleming, are care Scores ning In Nevada County the polls of the ship to several persons in Ne ‘operations, C. squash, 500 boxes of peaches, 250 ly produetive are Delicious, Winesap, registered their vote through Iand when the Oregon was made a not. It still constitutes a huge leak * continue their mining. tion day in California. encouraged the Bursills after they purchased the Rough and Ready of acres of land lying unproductive. (Ranch in 1936 and advised them on war, hundreds of gold miners Adaptability and hard work producthe care of a 450 tree apple orchard will be open from 6 a. m. to 7 vada City among them being H. P. Davis and E. Martine. Davis boarded in small lode mines and along ed results. they planted. The trees, now five p. m. Already 963 of the more the battleship at Key West, Florida, The Bursill Brothers crops. this years old, are yielding quality and than 10,000 voters qualified to the gold-bearing streams of when it was on its way to Cuba in armed services. The WPA should jobs The news of the breaking up of the Tomorrow is general elecbattleship Oregon for scrap begin Agricultural’ Commissioner Lages non strategic is the soil different from thousands on closing mines for the duration of the either in war industries or in the ter war was-+declared. But it was Riftiles sured a bountiful harvest of fruits and vegetables for the market this fall. classify this manpower army to see, perchance, why they are not have been discontinued the day af . in the tion for victory. The Bursill Brothers efforts during the past spring and summer as ministrators, to reinterview and re to Caught q With that simple statement, William and Thomas Bursill explain why they work practically day and night in following out a program of produc ae to keep it and their MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1942 The Gold Cente “The government wants us to produ'ce more for victory.” By H. M. L. fully NEVADA CIT Y, CALIFORNIA Don’t Neglect to Vote Tomorrow The following is from a letter to the Colfax Revord from Lieutenant Donald A. Graham of Auburn ‘‘Somewhere in Australia.” “I was sorry to read of your prediction of a light vote. People should realize that we didn’t fight to hold Midway and that every day men are not battling mosquitos and mud and tropical storms that will deposit inches of ice on a plane in a few minutes, just to gain that territory.” “Some of these tropical, fever ridden islands aren’t woth the cost of one training plane, but the finest young men of America and Australia are out here swatting mos' quitos and Japs alike in order'to PRESERVE THAT IDEAL OF LIFE WHICH GIVES EVERY MAN HIS And if there is a man or woman who can’t CHANCE. spare ten minutes to cast an intelligent vote, then there are lots of pilots who would gladly give them.a ride over the target. Maybe a few 88mm. 105mm, A. A shells would convince them that voting isn’t such a hard job.” ““Mails’’ White was one of the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd., employees who won a $100 bond last week. The E'm pire-Star awarded twenty $100 bonds a total of $7,738.91 damages for ineach month to men who participated juries suffered by Bernice when hit in the company’s bond purchasing by an automobile operated by Snell. plan. The drawing last keek was the The accident occurred last January 14th. The complaint sets forth final one because the Empire-Star properties are idle for the duration that Bernice was permanently injurof the war. . Carl Tobiassen, Jr. ed ‘by the accident. 500 general A damages of $7, is asked total and $238.91 for hospital and medical ex penses. Haley is represented by Attorney Frank G. Finnegan of Nevada City. who enlisted in the Marines, is now a corporal. . Jack Kemp, Standard Oil service station manager, enlisted in the Sea Bees and is expecting a call to the service at any time. Kemp is in the Naval Reserve Great Picdtas HALLOWE'EN PARTY SUCCESS The Hallowe'en party given by the. Guest of Ponemah Nevada ‘and Ceanotha Councils (City Elementary Parent Teachers Association Friday night Ponemah Council of Nevada City was enjoyed by several hundred loadults as will have the honor of being host to cal children and many Great Pocahontas, Palma Black of well. : The party was a success. It not be a joint visit to Ponemah Council only entertained the children but sucthem off the of Nevada City and Ceanotha Counceeded in keeping cil of Grass Valley. District Deputy, streets, thus eliminating the possib-. Bakersfield, tonight. Her visit will Lila Day,-of Ponemah Council is in ility of their doing serious damage * : charge of arrangements for the. evein the spirit of fun. Store windows were marked by ning, assisted by both the Grass: Vailey and Nevada City councils. Adoptsome of the younger children but the ion of a class of palefaces from the authorities and ‘businessmen of the two councils will be part of the prothankful that was the extent Hallowe’en pranks. gram of tonight’s meeting. cy