November 22, 1937 (4 pages)

i ee IE eset that in its heyday made hundreds of ~ eut out of the canyon walls. A site Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. Despite a drizzling rain, the ardor of football fans was not damped Saturday when the big bowl at Stanford filled with old grads, young grads, and undergrads and_ their friends to wave the blue and gold, or cardinal, as their sympathies inclined. When the game’ was over and the Golden Bear had made a fine feast of assorted red Indians and was licking his chops, one old U. C. Alumnus growled, “If Stub Allen had only played his first team throughout the game, the score would have been better.” Across the aisle came this riposte: ‘‘And if Tiny Thornhill had only played his second team.” The game officials carried towels at their belts and were constantly wiping the mud and ooze from the ball. It was skiddy weather for pigskin and-players. No‘telling what the score mmight have been had the field been dry and the air clear. The announcer in the last quarter solemnly warned all in the stadium to drive safely on the way home. As a matter of fact not a single accident in which any one was injured could be traced to the,80,000 who attended the football game Saturday. It is a new record. Perhaps a word, like a stitch in time, can save not stitches put lives. The Souther Pacific trains and the big Greyhound busses did a tremendous business. Thousands left their cars at home and rode safely and care free to the game and home again. Those who came in cars often came from afar. There were car licenses in evidence from every state this side of the Mississippi. Nothing like the big game to call out all the old timers whose memory often runs back to days of the ‘flying wedge’’ that old fashioned bone-breaker play cripples. Football is in a state of evolution. Forward and lateral passes make it much more chaney than it was a generation ago. The team that passes_ takes a long chance both on losing the ball and in gaining at one coup a splendid yardage. Stanford probably rues the forward pass that lost the team its place in ‘scoring terTitory. . It really looked as if both Bear and Indian coaches were determined to see to it that every man on their respective squads got his two or three minutes play in the big game, so that hereafter he can sport the block letter of his college on his sweater. Substitutions streamed on the field at almost every play during the last half. California wins, for the first time in several years, the right to play in the Pasadena Rose Bowl. They will play Alabama ,Fordham, or Pennsylvania and since it will take place in the land of little Tait, it ought 46 be a tremendous game and spectacle. Stub Anderson has fairly established his right to sweceed the great Andy Smith. After all, football like many other activities depends much on the resourcefulness and shrewdness of the captain and quarterback. To ferret out the wéaknesses of the opposing eleven and then drive through the soft spot, is more than half the battle. To train the players to use their heads is much more important than to train their arms and lege. Stanford’s line has been weak throughout the season and the first Bear touchdown resulted from a series of yard gaining plunges through that line. We read in Gibbons and Macauley of the tremendous spectacle staged in the Colloseum of Rome, but in point of numbers the audience was never as large as it is at ‘the big Stanford and California stadiums on the occasion of the big game. For, as a matter of fact, the seating capacity was not there, nor the means of transport available. California’s major spectacle, the big game, has possibly been exceeded in number of spectators at the recent show staged by Hitler at Berlin in honor of Mussolini’s visit, but for a purely sports event the big games in California undoubtedly beat the world record in attendance. Don C. Billick, superintendent of the Rawhide mine pear Colfax spent last week end at his home in Nevada ‘City. Storms are delaying surface work at the mine. The property is in a deep canyon and building sites are has been prepared for a home for evada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget with anon ton The Liberty of the Press conslaee in the right to publish the Truth, ifiable ends., — Alexander Saat March 15, 1848: x“ good motives and for justVol. II, No. 92. "The Caatty Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THANKSGIVING AT TRINITY CHURCH A UNION SERVICE The annual union Thanksgiving service will be held in Trinity Episecopal church at 10:30 a m. Thursday of this week. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Pearson of the Methodist church, with Rev. Washburn reading the service. The music will be in charge of Mrs. Oakley Johns and the Episcopal choir. The public is cordially invited to attend. THANKSGIVING SERVICE’ FOR CHRIST SCIENTISTS The Christian Science church members’ will hold special Thanksgiving services at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in their little church at the foot of Boulder street. The following is an outline of the service: The Golden Text will be: “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him’’ (Ps. 28;7). Other Bible citations will include: “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ‘This people have I formed for . myself; they shall shew forth my praise’ (Isa. 43:10, 21). LAVA CAP THANKSGIVING: The Lava Cap mine at Nevada City is giving its employees a two shift holiday or all day Thursday, Thanksgiving day. The company employes 250 men. FRANK COLVIN CALLED BY DEATH ' Frank Colvin, ee prone mason Grass Valley aged about 60. years, passed away at his home Sunday. Highly esteemed, his death will come as a sad message to his many friends. He leaves a devoted wife, son and daughter and two sisters, to mourn his passing. His sisters are Mrs. Bert Crase and Mrs. Bert ‘Chegwidden .in Grass Valley. His wife was the former Miss May Merrill, niece of Mrs. Mary Guther of Nevada City. TRUCK TURNS OVER, CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22.-—-Guy Robinson prominent Nevada county rancher, well-known in this section, had the misfortune of breaking his left arm near Downieville Saturday afternoon while delivering a. cow. The truck upset which caught him in such position as to fracture the arm. He was given medical attention iby Dr. C. C. Sutton and returned to his home, his truck being driven to this place by Sheriff Dewey Johnson and from here by Fred H. Butz. . day, the Placer Junior College StuFARMER’S ARM BROKEN. RBIRTHDAYSI! : aE Send a Greeting 8 . ” to Your Friends. November 23, 1937 CARL MURCHIE University of California MRS. ROBERTA FARMER = Boulder Street MISS BONNIE FLINDT Jordan Street MARY BROWN _ Nevada City ALFRED W. SAUVEE Boulder Street PHIL ANGOVE Pine Street November 24, 1937 MRS. EUGENIE CAMPBELL Nevada City ~ MRS. CHARLES ELLIOTT Nevada City November 29, 1937 SYLVIA MOODY B Street . ‘November 30, 1937 AGNES WORTHLEY Nevada City November 24 OLARENCE E. MARTZ Wet Hill Mr. and Mrs, Billick. LOUIS JOUBERT TAKES LAST PHOTO OF AMELIA CAMPTONVILLE, [LLE, Nov. 22.—Word war received here a short time ago that the last picture taken of the late Amelia Earhart was one taken with Louis J. Joubert, mining engineer at New Guinea, and Mrs. Jou-. bert. The ship landed near their location and they went over to visit Miss Earhart during which visit the last picture was taken. Joubert is“a native of this place and a brother to F. J. Joubert, ‘he has become a distinguished mining engineer in foreign -lands. : PLACER JUNIOR COLLEGE DANCE Celebrating their victory over the College of Pacific at Roseville, Frident Body held a Tolo Dance in the new gymnasium: Friday night. The gym was decorated in football colors, with the dance floor decorations to represent that of a foot'ball field. Those who attended from Nevada City were Ray Wilde, Mervin Doolittle, Dorthey Thomas” Mary Lou Draper, Marlin Young, Ernest Youns and Evelyn Bailey. DUDLEY NAMES COMMITTEES FOR FIREMENS BALL Fire Chief E. L. Dudley yesterday announced the committees which will have charge of the annual New Year’s Eve masquerade ball for the benefit of the fire department in the Armory this year on Friday night, December 31. The committees follow: Floor, E. L. Dudley, chief; W. S. Williamson, asststant chief. Advertising: Miles D. Coughlin, chairman, HE. J. Kilroy, Herb Hallett. . Finance: Roland Wright, chairman, Herb Skeahan, Emil J. N. Ott, W. S. Williamson. Alton ~ Davies, Chas. W. Leiter. : Amusement: Dick Goyne, chairman, Joe Cartoscelli, Tony Rore. Concessions: Jack Townsend, chairman, Vernon Sandow, Fritz Pitz, Pat Courser. Door: C. W. Chapman, chairman, Joe G. O’Neill, Ray Wilde, Nick Sandow, Alf Eddy, Byron Landrigan. . Decorati¢n: Luther Marsh, chairman, Lionel Davies, Carl Steger, Bill James, Frank Misner. Music:/ Bev Barron, chairman, — Larsen, Pat Bonner. TRIBUTE TO LATE ‘JASON R. MEEK CAMPTONVILLE, (LE, Nov. 22.—Evan W. ‘Kelley, formerly connected with the! forest service at Challenge and other sections of this part of the country, now locatedy at Missoula, Montana, recently read in the Western Constructions News of the death of Jason R. Meek. not having known of the death of his brother, the late William B. Meek, which took place almost two years ago, Kelley writes the following tribute to him: “During his days as superintendent of the Brandy City mine, and the subsequent years of my life in California, I learned to know him well, to value his counsel, and to hold his friendship in highest regard. He led a led a life rich in kindly .S service to others—a well beloved man sg fine, reward for one’s time on earth. : “T gend this note‘as a-tribute to his memory. I realize that it will mitigate in no degree the grief of ‘his family; but it may be monentarily somewhat cheering to know that someone far. away remembers and wishes to record long svending admiration of him.’ THIEVES ROB CATHOLIC CHURCH The Catholic church of Grass Valley was entered by thieves some time Saturday night by breaking of a front door panel, and several ornaments were stolen from the altar and an unsuccessful’ attempt made ‘to break into two safes, The safes contained many valuable religious articles pertaining to church affairs. The sheriff’s office was notified of the robbery at. 10° o'clock_—~—Happy Birthday___. ‘states of California, Nevada, Arizounday Editor, Nevada City Nugget Dear Sir: In conjunction with you article on Taxes appearing in the issue of November 15, it should be pointed out that the Riley-Stewart Tax Law has cut the Nevada county tax rate almost in two, at the same time producing more revenue. This Tax Law substituted the sales tax and income tax for the former method of levying most of the ‘state’s revenue from the public service corporations and railroads. This former law was most unfair, because it removed from county assessment rolls all the operating properties of these corporations, which in some _ counties amounted to as much as 94 per cent and in some to as little as 2 per cent of the assessable property remaining. In Nevada county it was 46 per’ cent, and the tax rate had to be increased 46 per cent to produce the same revenue as before the removal. Under any systém, the people must on } pay all-the taxes, but it is unjust to make the people in one county pay more than in another. In 1932 the writer was a member of the State Tax Research Council and figured out at that time that Los. Angeles county was paying $3,645,000 a year less and Nevada county $48,500 more than its share of state taxes. Had each county paid its share, the Los Angeles rate would have been 12 cents higher and the Nevada county rate $1.40 lower. The benefit of the StewartRiley Tax Law to Nevada county is shown by the following fiures. In 1932-33 a rate (includig specials) ~f $5.00 a hundred produced $266,527, while in 1937-38 a rate of ok 70 will produce $314,154. The mora] of this—hang on to the Sales Tax. That is a direct tax and you ‘know everybody pays it. An indirect tax is apt to fall on those least able to pay. ARTHUR B. FOOTE. CLARENCE SHURTLEFF -. IS CRITICALLY ILL Clarence Shurtleff, Gold Flat. pioneer, remains critically ill in a Grass Valley hospital. His children have been called and Clyde Shurtleff, Salt Lake City; was the Iast to arrive,. coming in.today. The others are Tom Shurtleff, Mrs. Hanna Hall, and “Mrs. Verda Riccardi, all of the bay region. Mr. Shurtleff has resided at Neyada City since a small boy coming here with his parents from one of the mining towns in the northern part of the county where he was born. He was employed in Nevada City many years by tthe Union Ice company retiring from active work, about three years ago. COAST SCOUT HEAD TO. ATTEND AUBURN MEET Judge John F.Pullen of Sacramento, Chairman of Region 12° of the Boy Scouts of America has sent word to Lowell L. Sparks, President of the Tahoe Area Council: that he! will attend the meeting next Tuesday night of the Executive Board at the Scout office in the City Hall at Auburn. Judge Pullen is the head officer of the Scout organization of the na and Utah and it is a distinct honor to have him attend one of the council meetings. Reports will be made at the meeting at 8 p. m. by the various district commissioners and council officers as well as discuss the use of the scout. camp for winter scout activities. Plans will be made looking forward to the annual council meeting to be held within the next two months. N. L D. TO SUPPLY WILLOW VALLEY WATER The Nevada Irrigation District has started to install a water system in Willow Valley. Seventeen .families will be served there. The requirement is that twenty families sign up for the service, but the seventeen householders agreed to guarantee the service for twenty. PHEASANT BAGS Another group of successful pheasant hunters returning to this city Monday evening with limits of birds were Fred Sauvee, George R. Carter, Elton Kendrick, Joe Kneebone and Howard Penrose. _\STATE GAS TAX Wil. TOP FIFTY ~ MILLION, 1937 SACRAMENTO, Nov Nov. 22. Wor the first time in the history of the state, California’s gasoline ‘tax will exceed $50,000,000, dicated today in a report made by the probably it was inState Board of Equalization. The motor vehicle fuel tax amounted to $4,308,581.28 for the month of October to bring the total for the ten-month period up to $42,968,661.33. The tax netted the state jslightly more than $48,000,000 in 1936, according to board records. The October tax was assessed on the distribution of 143,619,376 gallons of gasoline. It represented a gain of 2.81 per cent over the same month: for 1936, and was slightly under the assessment reported for September. Oil companies reporting sales of more than 300,000 gallons during October were listed by. the board with the explanation that resale of gasoline previously taxed and: exempt sales to'the federal government_or’in interstate or foreign commerce accounted for differences between total sales and taxable sales. GOLD LEDGE FOUND IN DIGGING CITY DITCH Last week city officials of Grass ‘Valley digging a ditch in the northern part of the city to place a sewer in the Matt Patrick or Patrick’s court uncovered several ledges of good looking quartz. While digging a basement on the old Brock homesite in Grass Valley last week quartz was taken out of the excavation that showed free gold. It created no little interest. TO FACE TRIAL IN N., Y. John Stephens, arrested by Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen in Truckee on an alleged grand larceny charge of stealing money from the Knickerbocker Club in New York City, started on his homeward trip in company Carthy of that city this morning. Stephens committed the alleged offense in 1923, The trip will be made via San Francisco, Los Angeles and then east. STUB CCC CAMP AT CAMPTONVILLE MOVED CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22.—The local stub camp of the Camp Grass Valley CCC company which has been located ‘here for over a year and a half has been discontinued and will be established at Downieville to assist in building the headquarters for that district of the Forest Service. The boys have almost completed the work which they were assigned to here, mainly the construction of the new telephone line to Downieville. When they firstecame, they built the pipe line for the local forest service theadquarters and helped finish the morning. buildings. GARDEN VALLEY MINES CLOSE FOR WINTER CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22. — Mining operations at Garden Valley have been suspended for the winter months, and the engineer in charge, H. C. Ruby, has gone to Campbell expecting to return in the spring and re-open the property. Eastern Mining claims, George months. a MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1937. Hang On To Sales Tax DRIVEFORRED Urges Arthur B. Foote of officers C. F Kelly and G. E. Me-' *. have received A averages for the The property consists of the Great owned by Williams of Berkeley, and later may embrace adjacent ground. It has been worked with a gasoline power shovel and a large hopper ma-’ chine, and some very rich ground has beem worked Tee the past. i ‘ CROSS TO OPEN TOMORROWThe, Red Cross dr drive in Nevada City will open tomorrow. Frank Finnegan, chairman of: the Red Cross Chapter of Nevada City, states that Nevada City has never failed to raise the quota assigned to it. This year there is a special incentive to con— tribute for the reason that a Red Gross nurse is to be assigned to this county. Newsboys have agreed te solicit Red Cross memberships this afternoon residencce sections. The boys have been specially excused from school for this purpose. Those whom solicitors fail to reach are invited to leave their Red Cross subscriptions either at the Nevada City Nugget office or-the Grass. Valley Union office. SNIPERS DRIFT AWAY _FROM YUBA BRANCHES Recent storms have driven many snipers.off the north, middle and south Yuba rivers and streams in this area to lower districts or into ‘the Sacramento Valley for the winter. Reports are the gravel banks and in the stream beds has been so thoroughly sluiced and panned for gold there were not nearly so many -snipers the past season as there were two years ago. It is related there were.14 snipers near Purden’s Bridge on the South Yuba two years ago and none there this year. Two or three camps of Indians on the middle and the south Yuba rivers, who have worked rich sections of gravelfor several years, have moved out this fall and given up their locations. ROTARY NOT TO ‘MEET THIS WEEK It is announced . that. there will be no meeting of the Rotary club this week due to the fact that Thanksgiving falls on the regular meeting day of the club. P. O’SHAY, MINER, IS CALLED BY DEATH P. O’Shay, born May 4, 1901 at McAlister, Oklahoma, passed away at ~ Weimar Sunday, November 21, 1937. He leaves a wife and two small children. With his family he resided in Nevada City about 14 months. O’Shay was a miner. Holmes Funeral Home has charge of the funeral services which witl be held, in the chapel of the Funeral Home Wednesday aftternoon at 2 o’clock. Father O’Reilly will officiate and interment will be made in the local Catholic cemetery. a CAR BORROWER ARRAIGNED William Thomas, brought from Idaho by Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen several days ago had his arraignment in the justice court this morning before Judge W. L. Mobley. His preliminary hearing will come at a later date. He allegedly borrowed an automobile from a Grass Valley party and failed to bring it back. CONVICTED QUICKLY Frederick Caffiere was convicted of a crime against nature Thursday morning in a trial before Judge Rag— lan Tuttle. The jury was out less than half an hour. NEW STUDENT PAPER The first issue of the Academy — Chimes, a paper put out by the Mt. — St, Mary’s Academy, was issued on — Tuesday of this week. The paper included among its departments a Business School ‘department which listed many Newada City students tamong those who have completed their typing manuals and those first and second months of school. CHAMPION THIMBLE CLUB Twenty five members were Pp! sent to enjoy a delightful ‘tim cards and win prizes at the me of the Champion Circle © Club Wednesday afternoon. . prize was a turkey.

i ee IE eset that in its heyday made hundreds of ~ eut out of the canyon walls. A site Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. Despite a drizzling rain, the ardor of football fans was not damped Saturday when the big bowl at Stanford filled with old grads, young grads, and undergrads and_ their friends to wave the blue and gold, or cardinal, as their sympathies inclined. When the game’ was over and the Golden Bear had made a fine feast of assorted red Indians and was licking his chops, one old U. C. Alumnus growled, “If Stub Allen had only played his first team throughout the game, the score would have been better.” Across the aisle came this riposte: ‘‘And if Tiny Thornhill had only played his second team.” The game officials carried towels at their belts and were constantly wiping the mud and ooze from the ball. It was skiddy weather for pigskin and-players. No‘telling what the score mmight have been had the field been dry and the air clear. The announcer in the last quarter solemnly warned all in the stadium to drive safely on the way home. As a matter of fact not a single accident in which any one was injured could be traced to the,80,000 who attended the football game Saturday. It is a new record. Perhaps a word, like a stitch in time, can save not stitches put lives. The Souther Pacific trains and the big Greyhound busses did a tremendous business. Thousands left their cars at home and rode safely and care free to the game and home again. Those who came in cars often came from afar. There were car licenses in evidence from every state this side of the Mississippi. Nothing like the big game to call out all the old timers whose memory often runs back to days of the ‘flying wedge’’ that old fashioned bone-breaker play cripples. Football is in a state of evolution. Forward and lateral passes make it much more chaney than it was a generation ago. The team that passes_ takes a long chance both on losing the ball and in gaining at one coup a splendid yardage. Stanford probably rues the forward pass that lost the team its place in ‘scoring terTitory. . It really looked as if both Bear and Indian coaches were determined to see to it that every man on their respective squads got his two or three minutes play in the big game, so that hereafter he can sport the block letter of his college on his sweater. Substitutions streamed on the field at almost every play during the last half. California wins, for the first time in several years, the right to play in the Pasadena Rose Bowl. They will play Alabama ,Fordham, or Pennsylvania and since it will take place in the land of little Tait, it ought 46 be a tremendous game and spectacle. Stub Anderson has fairly established his right to sweceed the great Andy Smith. After all, football like many other activities depends much on the resourcefulness and shrewdness of the captain and quarterback. To ferret out the wéaknesses of the opposing eleven and then drive through the soft spot, is more than half the battle. To train the players to use their heads is much more important than to train their arms and lege. Stanford’s line has been weak throughout the season and the first Bear touchdown resulted from a series of yard gaining plunges through that line. We read in Gibbons and Macauley of the tremendous spectacle staged in the Colloseum of Rome, but in point of numbers the audience was never as large as it is at ‘the big Stanford and California stadiums on the occasion of the big game. For, as a matter of fact, the seating capacity was not there, nor the means of transport available. California’s major spectacle, the big game, has possibly been exceeded in number of spectators at the recent show staged by Hitler at Berlin in honor of Mussolini’s visit, but for a purely sports event the big games in California undoubtedly beat the world record in attendance. Don C. Billick, superintendent of the Rawhide mine pear Colfax spent last week end at his home in Nevada ‘City. Storms are delaying surface work at the mine. The property is in a deep canyon and building sites are has been prepared for a home for evada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ugget with anon ton The Liberty of the Press conslaee in the right to publish the Truth, ifiable ends., — Alexander Saat March 15, 1848: x“ good motives and for justVol. II, No. 92. "The Caatty Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center THANKSGIVING AT TRINITY CHURCH A UNION SERVICE The annual union Thanksgiving service will be held in Trinity Episecopal church at 10:30 a m. Thursday of this week. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Pearson of the Methodist church, with Rev. Washburn reading the service. The music will be in charge of Mrs. Oakley Johns and the Episcopal choir. The public is cordially invited to attend. THANKSGIVING SERVICE’ FOR CHRIST SCIENTISTS The Christian Science church members’ will hold special Thanksgiving services at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in their little church at the foot of Boulder street. The following is an outline of the service: The Golden Text will be: “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him’’ (Ps. 28;7). Other Bible citations will include: “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he; before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ‘This people have I formed for . myself; they shall shew forth my praise’ (Isa. 43:10, 21). LAVA CAP THANKSGIVING: The Lava Cap mine at Nevada City is giving its employees a two shift holiday or all day Thursday, Thanksgiving day. The company employes 250 men. FRANK COLVIN CALLED BY DEATH ' Frank Colvin, ee prone mason Grass Valley aged about 60. years, passed away at his home Sunday. Highly esteemed, his death will come as a sad message to his many friends. He leaves a devoted wife, son and daughter and two sisters, to mourn his passing. His sisters are Mrs. Bert Crase and Mrs. Bert ‘Chegwidden .in Grass Valley. His wife was the former Miss May Merrill, niece of Mrs. Mary Guther of Nevada City. TRUCK TURNS OVER, CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22.-—-Guy Robinson prominent Nevada county rancher, well-known in this section, had the misfortune of breaking his left arm near Downieville Saturday afternoon while delivering a. cow. The truck upset which caught him in such position as to fracture the arm. He was given medical attention iby Dr. C. C. Sutton and returned to his home, his truck being driven to this place by Sheriff Dewey Johnson and from here by Fred H. Butz. . day, the Placer Junior College StuFARMER’S ARM BROKEN. RBIRTHDAYSI! : aE Send a Greeting 8 . ” to Your Friends. November 23, 1937 CARL MURCHIE University of California MRS. ROBERTA FARMER = Boulder Street MISS BONNIE FLINDT Jordan Street MARY BROWN _ Nevada City ALFRED W. SAUVEE Boulder Street PHIL ANGOVE Pine Street November 24, 1937 MRS. EUGENIE CAMPBELL Nevada City ~ MRS. CHARLES ELLIOTT Nevada City November 29, 1937 SYLVIA MOODY B Street . ‘November 30, 1937 AGNES WORTHLEY Nevada City November 24 OLARENCE E. MARTZ Wet Hill Mr. and Mrs, Billick. LOUIS JOUBERT TAKES LAST PHOTO OF AMELIA CAMPTONVILLE, [LLE, Nov. 22.—Word war received here a short time ago that the last picture taken of the late Amelia Earhart was one taken with Louis J. Joubert, mining engineer at New Guinea, and Mrs. Jou-. bert. The ship landed near their location and they went over to visit Miss Earhart during which visit the last picture was taken. Joubert is“a native of this place and a brother to F. J. Joubert, ‘he has become a distinguished mining engineer in foreign -lands. : PLACER JUNIOR COLLEGE DANCE Celebrating their victory over the College of Pacific at Roseville, Frident Body held a Tolo Dance in the new gymnasium: Friday night. The gym was decorated in football colors, with the dance floor decorations to represent that of a foot'ball field. Those who attended from Nevada City were Ray Wilde, Mervin Doolittle, Dorthey Thomas” Mary Lou Draper, Marlin Young, Ernest Youns and Evelyn Bailey. DUDLEY NAMES COMMITTEES FOR FIREMENS BALL Fire Chief E. L. Dudley yesterday announced the committees which will have charge of the annual New Year’s Eve masquerade ball for the benefit of the fire department in the Armory this year on Friday night, December 31. The committees follow: Floor, E. L. Dudley, chief; W. S. Williamson, asststant chief. Advertising: Miles D. Coughlin, chairman, HE. J. Kilroy, Herb Hallett. . Finance: Roland Wright, chairman, Herb Skeahan, Emil J. N. Ott, W. S. Williamson. Alton ~ Davies, Chas. W. Leiter. : Amusement: Dick Goyne, chairman, Joe Cartoscelli, Tony Rore. Concessions: Jack Townsend, chairman, Vernon Sandow, Fritz Pitz, Pat Courser. Door: C. W. Chapman, chairman, Joe G. O’Neill, Ray Wilde, Nick Sandow, Alf Eddy, Byron Landrigan. . Decorati¢n: Luther Marsh, chairman, Lionel Davies, Carl Steger, Bill James, Frank Misner. Music:/ Bev Barron, chairman, — Larsen, Pat Bonner. TRIBUTE TO LATE ‘JASON R. MEEK CAMPTONVILLE, (LE, Nov. 22.—Evan W. ‘Kelley, formerly connected with the! forest service at Challenge and other sections of this part of the country, now locatedy at Missoula, Montana, recently read in the Western Constructions News of the death of Jason R. Meek. not having known of the death of his brother, the late William B. Meek, which took place almost two years ago, Kelley writes the following tribute to him: “During his days as superintendent of the Brandy City mine, and the subsequent years of my life in California, I learned to know him well, to value his counsel, and to hold his friendship in highest regard. He led a led a life rich in kindly .S service to others—a well beloved man sg fine, reward for one’s time on earth. :

“T gend this note‘as a-tribute to his memory. I realize that it will mitigate in no degree the grief of ‘his family; but it may be monentarily somewhat cheering to know that someone far. away remembers and wishes to record long svending admiration of him.’ THIEVES ROB CATHOLIC CHURCH The Catholic church of Grass Valley was entered by thieves some time Saturday night by breaking of a front door panel, and several ornaments were stolen from the altar and an unsuccessful’ attempt made ‘to break into two safes, The safes contained many valuable religious articles pertaining to church affairs. The sheriff’s office was notified of the robbery at. 10° o'clock_—~—Happy Birthday___. ‘states of California, Nevada, Arizounday Editor, Nevada City Nugget Dear Sir: In conjunction with you article on Taxes appearing in the issue of November 15, it should be pointed out that the Riley-Stewart Tax Law has cut the Nevada county tax rate almost in two, at the same time producing more revenue. This Tax Law substituted the sales tax and income tax for the former method of levying most of the ‘state’s revenue from the public service corporations and railroads. This former law was most unfair, because it removed from county assessment rolls all the operating properties of these corporations, which in some _ counties amounted to as much as 94 per cent and in some to as little as 2 per cent of the assessable property remaining. In Nevada county it was 46 per’ cent, and the tax rate had to be increased 46 per cent to produce the same revenue as before the removal. Under any systém, the people must on } pay all-the taxes, but it is unjust to make the people in one county pay more than in another. In 1932 the writer was a member of the State Tax Research Council and figured out at that time that Los. Angeles county was paying $3,645,000 a year less and Nevada county $48,500 more than its share of state taxes. Had each county paid its share, the Los Angeles rate would have been 12 cents higher and the Nevada county rate $1.40 lower. The benefit of the StewartRiley Tax Law to Nevada county is shown by the following fiures. In 1932-33 a rate (includig specials) ~f $5.00 a hundred produced $266,527, while in 1937-38 a rate of ok 70 will produce $314,154. The mora] of this—hang on to the Sales Tax. That is a direct tax and you ‘know everybody pays it. An indirect tax is apt to fall on those least able to pay. ARTHUR B. FOOTE. CLARENCE SHURTLEFF -. IS CRITICALLY ILL Clarence Shurtleff, Gold Flat. pioneer, remains critically ill in a Grass Valley hospital. His children have been called and Clyde Shurtleff, Salt Lake City; was the Iast to arrive,. coming in.today. The others are Tom Shurtleff, Mrs. Hanna Hall, and “Mrs. Verda Riccardi, all of the bay region. Mr. Shurtleff has resided at Neyada City since a small boy coming here with his parents from one of the mining towns in the northern part of the county where he was born. He was employed in Nevada City many years by tthe Union Ice company retiring from active work, about three years ago. COAST SCOUT HEAD TO. ATTEND AUBURN MEET Judge John F.Pullen of Sacramento, Chairman of Region 12° of the Boy Scouts of America has sent word to Lowell L. Sparks, President of the Tahoe Area Council: that he! will attend the meeting next Tuesday night of the Executive Board at the Scout office in the City Hall at Auburn. Judge Pullen is the head officer of the Scout organization of the na and Utah and it is a distinct honor to have him attend one of the council meetings. Reports will be made at the meeting at 8 p. m. by the various district commissioners and council officers as well as discuss the use of the scout. camp for winter scout activities. Plans will be made looking forward to the annual council meeting to be held within the next two months. N. L D. TO SUPPLY WILLOW VALLEY WATER The Nevada Irrigation District has started to install a water system in Willow Valley. Seventeen .families will be served there. The requirement is that twenty families sign up for the service, but the seventeen householders agreed to guarantee the service for twenty. PHEASANT BAGS Another group of successful pheasant hunters returning to this city Monday evening with limits of birds were Fred Sauvee, George R. Carter, Elton Kendrick, Joe Kneebone and Howard Penrose. _\STATE GAS TAX Wil. TOP FIFTY ~ MILLION, 1937 SACRAMENTO, Nov Nov. 22. Wor the first time in the history of the state, California’s gasoline ‘tax will exceed $50,000,000, dicated today in a report made by the probably it was inState Board of Equalization. The motor vehicle fuel tax amounted to $4,308,581.28 for the month of October to bring the total for the ten-month period up to $42,968,661.33. The tax netted the state jslightly more than $48,000,000 in 1936, according to board records. The October tax was assessed on the distribution of 143,619,376 gallons of gasoline. It represented a gain of 2.81 per cent over the same month: for 1936, and was slightly under the assessment reported for September. Oil companies reporting sales of more than 300,000 gallons during October were listed by. the board with the explanation that resale of gasoline previously taxed and: exempt sales to'the federal government_or’in interstate or foreign commerce accounted for differences between total sales and taxable sales. GOLD LEDGE FOUND IN DIGGING CITY DITCH Last week city officials of Grass ‘Valley digging a ditch in the northern part of the city to place a sewer in the Matt Patrick or Patrick’s court uncovered several ledges of good looking quartz. While digging a basement on the old Brock homesite in Grass Valley last week quartz was taken out of the excavation that showed free gold. It created no little interest. TO FACE TRIAL IN N., Y. John Stephens, arrested by Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen in Truckee on an alleged grand larceny charge of stealing money from the Knickerbocker Club in New York City, started on his homeward trip in company Carthy of that city this morning. Stephens committed the alleged offense in 1923, The trip will be made via San Francisco, Los Angeles and then east. STUB CCC CAMP AT CAMPTONVILLE MOVED CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22.—The local stub camp of the Camp Grass Valley CCC company which has been located ‘here for over a year and a half has been discontinued and will be established at Downieville to assist in building the headquarters for that district of the Forest Service. The boys have almost completed the work which they were assigned to here, mainly the construction of the new telephone line to Downieville. When they firstecame, they built the pipe line for the local forest service theadquarters and helped finish the morning. buildings. GARDEN VALLEY MINES CLOSE FOR WINTER CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 22. — Mining operations at Garden Valley have been suspended for the winter months, and the engineer in charge, H. C. Ruby, has gone to Campbell expecting to return in the spring and re-open the property. Eastern Mining claims, George months. a MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1937. Hang On To Sales Tax DRIVEFORRED Urges Arthur B. Foote of officers C. F Kelly and G. E. Me-' *. have received A averages for the The property consists of the Great owned by Williams of Berkeley, and later may embrace adjacent ground. It has been worked with a gasoline power shovel and a large hopper ma-’ chine, and some very rich ground has beem worked Tee the past. i ‘ CROSS TO OPEN TOMORROWThe, Red Cross dr drive in Nevada City will open tomorrow. Frank Finnegan, chairman of: the Red Cross Chapter of Nevada City, states that Nevada City has never failed to raise the quota assigned to it. This year there is a special incentive to con— tribute for the reason that a Red Gross nurse is to be assigned to this county. Newsboys have agreed te solicit Red Cross memberships this afternoon residencce sections. The boys have been specially excused from school for this purpose. Those whom solicitors fail to reach are invited to leave their Red Cross subscriptions either at the Nevada City Nugget office or-the Grass. Valley Union office. SNIPERS DRIFT AWAY _FROM YUBA BRANCHES Recent storms have driven many snipers.off the north, middle and south Yuba rivers and streams in this area to lower districts or into ‘the Sacramento Valley for the winter. Reports are the gravel banks and in the stream beds has been so thoroughly sluiced and panned for gold there were not nearly so many -snipers the past season as there were two years ago. It is related there were.14 snipers near Purden’s Bridge on the South Yuba two years ago and none there this year. Two or three camps of Indians on the middle and the south Yuba rivers, who have worked rich sections of gravelfor several years, have moved out this fall and given up their locations. ROTARY NOT TO ‘MEET THIS WEEK It is announced . that. there will be no meeting of the Rotary club this week due to the fact that Thanksgiving falls on the regular meeting day of the club. P. O’SHAY, MINER, IS CALLED BY DEATH P. O’Shay, born May 4, 1901 at McAlister, Oklahoma, passed away at ~ Weimar Sunday, November 21, 1937. He leaves a wife and two small children. With his family he resided in Nevada City about 14 months. O’Shay was a miner. Holmes Funeral Home has charge of the funeral services which witl be held, in the chapel of the Funeral Home Wednesday aftternoon at 2 o’clock. Father O’Reilly will officiate and interment will be made in the local Catholic cemetery. a CAR BORROWER ARRAIGNED William Thomas, brought from Idaho by Sheriff C. J. Tobiassen several days ago had his arraignment in the justice court this morning before Judge W. L. Mobley. His preliminary hearing will come at a later date. He allegedly borrowed an automobile from a Grass Valley party and failed to bring it back. CONVICTED QUICKLY Frederick Caffiere was convicted of a crime against nature Thursday morning in a trial before Judge Rag— lan Tuttle. The jury was out less than half an hour. NEW STUDENT PAPER The first issue of the Academy — Chimes, a paper put out by the Mt. — St, Mary’s Academy, was issued on — Tuesday of this week. The paper included among its departments a Business School ‘department which listed many Newada City students tamong those who have completed their typing manuals and those first and second months of school. CHAMPION THIMBLE CLUB Twenty five members were Pp! sent to enjoy a delightful ‘tim cards and win prizes at the me of the Champion Circle © Club Wednesday afternoon. . prize was a turkey.