November 24, 1933 (8 pages)

* Se eee ae CDM: RE Nn FMT RE This is Nevada City’s . . : y : ® } Your Eiometown News. moritr ONLY Hometown NewsN ‘ff = i paper heips buil@ your . paper. It supports things e V a a ne al : Ju y Na e i community. Readers and . worth while. Do you sub‘ , : I ‘ ] advertisers make it aj} scribe for it? gZood buit«der. fw 00 oun ras Nevada City Nugget i is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association . oe : Vol. VIII, No. 7 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 1933 Mine Insurance Rates Are Slashed SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.—The long battle of the mining-industry of ‘California to obtain a reduction in ‘compensation insurance. rates and for separate ratings for surface and underground workers is at a successful conclusion today, with new rates announced by the state insurance ‘commissioner. The rates were fixed, by the ‘state insurance commissioner last night in a conference with the California Inspection Rating Bureau, which was attended by representatives of the Mi ining Association of California. The rating bureau recommended a new basic rate of 14.22 per 100 of payroll. .This was cut to 11 for underground workers by the tommissioner, The new rates are $11 for underground workers, $9.15 for surface NEWMONT GIVES MINERS $50,000 XMAS PRESENT A shower of $50 checks were given to employees of the Newmont Mining Company Monday evening as a Christmas gift from the company. The mines include the Murchie with 220 men at Nevada City, Zeabright in Bear Valley, Empire, Pennsylvania and North Star mines in the Grass Valley area. The total number of man employed is 975 men, bringing the Christmas gift in the neighborhood of $50,000. : Many a home has been made happy through the generous gift of the Newmont company. JUSTICE COURT DEALS WITH PETTY THIEVERY The case of Jack Pitts, youth of French Corral, who was held in the Nevada county jail for questioning in connection with the stealing of twelv® used automobile radiators from Casswell’s wrecking yard, Boston Ravine in Grass Valley, has been dismissed in the justice court. Deputy Sheriff J. E. Nettell has taken into custody C. A. ‘Linnell of French Corral to face charges of petty theft growing out of the same case. > George Seymour was found euilly of petty theft last week in econnection with the radiator thefts and was sentenced by Judge Winburn Grass Valley to 90 days in jail. MANAGER OF STRAND THEATER SUCCUMBS William Williams, manager of the Strand theater in Grass Valley, passed away suddenly yesterday morning following a brief illness. He was 61 years old and leaves a wife, Mrs. Emolyn Williams, a brother, Henry Williams of Grass Valley, two sisters, Miss Bessie Williams of Grass Valley, and Mrs. Minnie White v. Sacramento, and two step sons, Lionel Osborn and Clayton Osborn. Funeral services will be held: Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock under direction of W. R. Jefford & Son from the Elk’s building with the Rev. C. Washburn officiating. Interment will be in Elm. Ridge cemetery,APARTMENTS ADDED TO FORMER MORGAN HOME Mrs. Rose Ponticelli, who owns the old Morgan home near the Washington grammar _ school, has just completed a two story addition to the north of the old mansion which is divided into three apartments. — Downstairs there is a three room of and bath apartment while upstairs + there are two with two rooms, bath and ‘bed ‘closet each. These apartments were rented long before they were built. Charles Leiter, whe has been quite iii at his home, is able to be up and around and will be down town in a few days. workers and $3.05 for mill men. Formerly the rate was $11.85 per $100 of payroll for all types of mine workers. The reduction was made after a plea from Governor James Rolph, who asked the commissioner not to increase the charge upon the mining industry and to reduce it, if possible. State Senator Jerrold L. Seawell of Roseville, author of a bill at the made it possible to ‘éhange the ratings of different types of mine workers, attended the hearing as did J. C. ing Association of California. SAFEWAY STORES SOON TO ENTER NEVADA CITY Workmen were busy~ Wednesday and yesterday clearing out the old sank fixtures and furnishings, tearing out walls and preparing the building for the occupancy of Safeway Stores which is. expected to move into the former Citizens bank quarters time to share in the holiday trade. It is announced that the entire granite front will be remodeled, door placed at the side of the eu instead of the middle, and a plate glass window to fill mainder of the front. In the rear an extension will be ‘built to give the store more room, a structure which will practically cover what is now the back yard. On Commercial street Contractor Robert Steger is engaged in clearing out the store room in the Masonic building formerly theater. It is assumed that the de; mand for store space has made this “step a preliminary to leasing the property. STRONG TURN OUT AT in the By THE CUB REPORTER Basketball. practice was inaugurated Wednesday for the coming season by Coach Barron. The boys will practice after school at the Redmen’s hall, every school day. There are thirty-five basket ball enthusiasts out for the teams so far and more are expected in a few days. The boys who reported for: the first practice are: Lacey Jones, N. Chatfield, Carl Chatfield, Bill Mullis, Walter Mullis, : Tuttle, ‘Everett Brown, Bob Tamblyn, j J. Rasquetti, Harley Leete, Bud Pierce, Tom Doyle, Fred Browning, Morris Roberts, Don Budi, Lloyd Haddy, Wylie King, Art Elliot, C. Organs, Jackson Englebright, Fabian Joyal, Phillippe Joyal, Jack Clark, Merle Coulton, Dick Marriott, J. Robins ,Ray Worthly, Ray Wilde, Dick Stevens, Bob Graham, Albert Pratti, Gene Thomas, C. Tobiassen, ren Mooers. Coach Barron was pleased with the good turn out. Some boys, he said, will probably drop out. later. For those wh» stick out the regular practice will ¢n places on the A, B, RED CROSS WORKERS A group of women under the ae pervision of Mrs. R. R. Goyne bottl-: ed the last of bis pears donated to, the Red Cross by Mr. and Mrs. John. Eden Wednesday afternoon. ‘ The local Red Cross chapter has bottled 200 quarts of peaches and! pears this fall to aid the needy. The jars, fruit and sugar were donated by private individuals and the! Elks Club gave their kitchen equipped with gas range and all necessary appliances at no expense to the Red Cross. Doctors report that children of needy families do not get enough . healthful sweets. Canned fruit ecorrect, this condition. ——o Mr. and Mrs. Horace Curnow left Wednesday for Berkeley where _ they will visit their daughter, Beth, ‘who is attending the University of (alifornia. They will attend ithe big game tomorrow. ; last session of the legislature, which . Kemp van Ee; seeretary of the: Min. lar sey re-. used for a! HI FOR BASKETBALL’ ‘Dick Tuttle, F. Don Jones, Glendon Harris, and War-} . ! and C, tean:s . . oe was compelled to get heavCAN FRUIT FOR NEEDY =" «nx Nature Splits , His Kindling . an ee ~ When this fellow wants some firewood, he gets a box and lets h geyser: blast. it to bits. “Phis is one of several: geysers near Cloverdale, Calif., which have been capped, and are used for ! heating houses, supplying bath pools and other purposes. . . TENGINEER HURT BY HIT RUNNER A-man giving ce he name as Wm. Weltfit, said to be a hoist engineer, was struck by a light car at the in. tersection of Pine and Broad streets at midnight Wednesday. According to Orrin Thompkins, an eye witness, the man started to cross i from the Sharmrock Cafe corner to Schreiber’s corner when a light automobilestarted to cross Pine street in front of the man, and he was struck by the rear wheel of the car or fell against the rear wheel cutting an ugly gash over one eye. *Mr. Thompkins rushed to the man’s as; sistance and placed him in his car taking him to Dr. W. W. Reed who dressed the wound. The man was . taken to the county hospital and is recovering form the injury. ‘Cleveland to six months in the Yuba poses a holiday. was declared for the CAMPTONVILLE THIEF GETS 6 MONTHS IN JAIL Douglas Harmeson, accused of stealing sawmill machinery from the Pendola brothers’ plant near Camp-} tonville, yesterday pleaded guilty to! a charge of petty theft in the justice of the peace court in Camptonville and was sentenced by Judge Acton County jail. The court room was packed by. the residents of the district for miles around. Feeling against perpetrators of theft in that community is running high. To all practical purduration of the trial. On motion of Deputy District Attorney W .C. Rucker, of Marysville, the charge was reduced from grand theft to petty theft. Harmeson appeared without an attorney and Bleaded guilty to the lesser charge Harmeson’s beautiful young wife, blonde and statuesque, was with him during his appearance in court. . GRAND THEFT CHARGES On motion of Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp, the charges of grand theft against: Mrs. Bessie Gerrold and Herman Fiske of Grass Valley yesterday were dismissed by Judge Raglan Tuttle. The two had been held to answerf-on a charge of grand theft. Tharp stated that a reading of the transcript of evidence fromthe justice court indicated insufficient evidence to secure a jury conviction. William. Cassetari was attorney for Fiske. Mrs. Gerrold and Fiske were accused of complicity in stealing a diamond stick pin several weeks ago. The case of William Mitchell of Grass Valley, held to answer on a charge of drunken driving, was set for trial on December 8. Attorney E. H. Armstrong appeared for fendant. SKICLUB TO DECDE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS Miles D. Coughlin, president of the Nevada City-Grass Valley Ski Club, reports that volunteer workers from among the members have almost Captain J. E. Blake of the Highway Patrol “dices the accident. . MACK MINES SHAFT REVEALS GOOD VALUES The Mack Mines Ltd., ada Hill district south vada City, have hit a cross vein in their sinking oprations that {has ‘about four feet of ledge matter carry. ing good values. The ledge is widenin the Caneast of Ne,ing as sinking operations progress land Mr. Bruce Wallace, superintendent is: pleased with results obtained so far. The company I Canada Hill days. expects vein to cut the in the next few In the last few feet the ro¢k formation became very hard and the SHAFT IN HOGE MINE NEARS 1200 FOOT LEVEL Sinking operations are progressing at such a rapid rate at the Hoge: Development Company min ethat they will finish the 200 foot contract in about another week. As soon as conrpleted, cross cutting to the main ledge will start at once, on the 1200 foot level or bottom of the shaft. Se eerie eres haere as J. BE. Merr:sm. J3v.of Mt. Kiseo i New York, arrived in, Nevada City . by auto a few days ago. While here he traded his car for a motorcycle and after a short visit left for Yreka. He is enjoying a tour of California. . Young: Merriam is six feet four, inches tall, His father at one time! owned the. Grizzly Ridge gravel . property near North Columbia. br ; Slope, where they may learn. ; San completed a new ski course for beginners, which will give them a safe . place, partly level and pattigmgentle DISMISSED BY COURT: the de-} Commercial Street. Stages ““Come Back” Nevada City vasion. is sustaining an in-— New people, new blood, and new busimess, are being injected into the life of this community. Nowhere is this so evident as in Com-— mereial street, the street that ‘‘came back.’ = In the halcyon days of old when red shirted sold miners staged their hol#day parades in Commercial street wher all the leading business firms were located there; that thorougi— } fare was the roaring main street of ! Nevada City, the-mecea of all themining camps in the mountains, the trading center of a tremendous area. Then followed the doldrums when the wind of human. activity came to a dead calm. The tide set away from the mountains. The business firms that stuck by Nevada City, several of them moved higher on the hill to Broad street. Lareeninne etch eonnithe ws sane 4 building contractor, and George W. Gildersleeve well known printer, stayed with the ship, so to speak. Now the wind is up again, the tide sets toward the mountains and ‘‘them thar hills’’ where untold millions of gold ore still is. to -be mined, and with the exception of one or two va-— cancies, the stores along Commercial street between Main and Pine streets are all filled with business firms out hustling for their share of the new trade which has come to Nevada City. = Witnessing their faith in Nevad2 City’s brilliant future, these mer-— chants today have authorized in the Nevada City Nugget a page advertise— ment calling attention to rejuvenaiti-— ed Commercial street. Last. Friday another page advertisement told the story of the modernizing of the Dav-— ies-Transcript building, converted by But Mrs. DeWein’s Millinery, J. J. i Jackson’s Grocery store, John W. ; Darke, upholstering, J. L. Smith, Frank Davies, the owner, into fine apartments, stores and garages. tablished their business homes re— cently in Commercial street are the Bosworth Furniture company, the only store of its kind in the city; eigg™ nest Carnes, ter in Nevada county: Beauty Shop, a metropolitan for beauty culture, second to the county; The Vogue Press Shop, which is fast winning reputation Listed among those who have es. for speed and thor gshness; The congregate for good coffee and early morning breakfasts; Don Carlos BilWood has been procured for the club house and the wood shed has been cleared out preparatory to storing the winter’s supply. There will be a meeting of the club this evening at which the matter of-a care taker for the winter months will be discussed. The question of what method to be followed in the operation of the tobogslide will also be discussed. These are vitally important matters and President Coughlin desires that , every member who can possibly do so, be present. GOLD TUNNEL EXPLORES WITH DIAMOND DRILL Mr. Wilmot is operating a diamond drill on the Gold Tunnel property: on Deer Creek at the western limits of Nevada City. Two shifts are employed in operating the drill. Raports lypsterday were to the effect that the drill was down 185 feet and turning out a core of granite. An effort is being made to locate the vein on ‘the Gold Tunnel property which lies at an angle from the surface sloping in a’ westerly di-. rection with’ the vein running in a: northerly and southerly direction. Thomas Reynolds came up from the bay district Tuesday evening. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Thelma Holton, and child, who have just arrived from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where her husband passed away recently. Mrs. Holton is visiting with her parents and staying . at the home of her aunt, Mrs. George . Wriekt, . j mento December 4 and 5, . } nounced yesterday by W. H. Griffith lick, engineer and assayer; Austin & . Ba. nister, who have moved into the Native: Sons building and are preParingséto open a first class billiard and pool room with beer and lunch adjuncts. The rehabilitation of the CommerNATIONAL CHAMBER CALLS SACT. MEETING A special meeting of the Western Division of the National Chamber of Commerce will be held in Sacrait was ansecretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, who has been asked “to bring a delegation of representative business men to the meet— ing from this city. Among the noted men make addresses will be: Farrell, former president of United States Steel, Henry I. Harriman, president of the United States Cham-— ber of Commerce, C. C. Teague president of the California State Chamber, and Jerome Landfield, former State Department advisor on Russian affairs. SPRING HILL MINE DRIFTS ON 900 LEVEL At the Spring Hill mine, located between Nevada City and Grass Valley, a crew §is busily engaged in €ross-cutting and preparing to drift on the vein. Th ecompany has completed cut— ting a station on the 900 foot leveY. R. H. Plate is snot Maneany. who will James A. B.A. Veubera “Ot Alleghany spent Coffée Cup, where night shift miners ; . en 0 an ces setae a few days in . Nevada City this week. Alle B’s 20. Roseville’s many tricky cial Street between Main and Pine Streets, reflects growth in population. While a year ago there were about 2,000 people in Nevada City, Gurimez the year has increased, accordimnezg to very} conservative estimates, to 2500 people. The increase in population is. reflected in the mumibers employed in mining in Nevada City’s vicinity and inthe greatly awuzmented number of children in the city’s grammar and high schools. The rtsh school now reports that there are 214 pupils in attendance, while at the “Washington grammar school, 352 children are enrolled. These are peak figures for school attendGdawsce in Nevada City. BARRON PLEASED WITH GRIDDERS FIGHTING SPIRIT E=~ THE CUB REPORTER Coach Barron. has summarized here the record of his Yellowjackets of the Nevada City gridiron for the whole season. The record of the boys is mot perhaps so impressive in figures but. the team deserve congratuiations for their ability to fight. They made up for a serius lack of weight by a spirit that couldn’t be beat. Coach Barron‘s summary follows: September 30—Placerville beat Nevada City 7-0, having a much heavier team. The Yellowjackets should have scored in the, Jast quarter but the referee blocked Tamblyn eut, as he was running*for a goal on the ten yard line. October 6—Nevada City 26, Orovill— WReserves 0/ The. Yellowjackets wemt to Oroville where they met a team of equdl weight and piled up 26 points py their aggressive snappy playine. / Roznski, Doyle, Tamblyn and Pierce played outstanding games. “October 19—Nevada City 6, Rosereverse plays bewildered the local team = October 26—Grass Valley’s much heavier team beat the local boys 40 to OThe Yellowjackets particularly Rozynski did their best until the last sun. iINovember 3—San Juan 20, Nevada City 0. The score was 0-0 at the first half, but Nevada City gave way to the mutch heavier San Juan boys in the last half. INevember 11—Placerville 30 Nevada City 6. The score was 6-6 at the first half, but due to the roughness of the game, Nevada City had to take out three regulars. INWewvember. 18—Nevada City 7, Grass Valley 0. The Yellowjackets played a fine game but should, with a 2iattile more foree, have made a bizer score cai 7 to 0. MARYSVILLE STAR ROUTE TO EXTEND TO NEV. CITY Through the efforts of Postmaster Phii Scadden, the star mail route formerly operating with Grass Valley amd Marysville as terminals, has beem extended to make Nevada City and Miarysville the terminals. The route will be open to bidding along with the four other stat routes. Bids on all star routes must be in the Postrmaster Generals office by January 16, 1930, and the contracts will rum from July 1, 1934 to July 1, sss. For the Marysville-Nevada City route a bond of $4,500 is reaquired. The route is 46.20 miles in len]eth. Mail from Marysville will reach Nevada City at 10:30 a. m., and leave this city at 11:00 a. m. ACCOUNTING FIRM IS i. DWE, Strain and Company, accourtt2mtis have begun their annual examimationms and audit of the county books and records and were busy. westerday in the ‘County Clerk’s_ fice. About a month since this itins firm, ratty ge rene om the mateo hook She Sais.’ << Pa F) rf : <a s g ger 52 NN ae he = = & ‘ te ®

* Se eee ae CDM: RE Nn FMT RE This is Nevada City’s . . : y : ® } Your Eiometown News. moritr ONLY Hometown NewsN ‘ff = i paper heips buil@ your . paper. It supports things e V a a ne al : Ju y Na e i community. Readers and . worth while. Do you sub‘ , : I ‘ ] advertisers make it aj} scribe for it? gZood buit«der. fw 00 oun ras Nevada City Nugget i is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association . oe : Vol. VIII, No. 7 The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 1933 Mine Insurance Rates Are Slashed SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.—The long battle of the mining-industry of ‘California to obtain a reduction in ‘compensation insurance. rates and for separate ratings for surface and underground workers is at a successful conclusion today, with new rates announced by the state insurance ‘commissioner. The rates were fixed, by the ‘state insurance commissioner last night in a conference with the California Inspection Rating Bureau, which was attended by representatives of the Mi ining Association of California. The rating bureau recommended a new basic rate of 14.22 per 100 of payroll. .This was cut to 11 for underground workers by the tommissioner, The new rates are $11 for underground workers, $9.15 for surface NEWMONT GIVES MINERS $50,000 XMAS PRESENT A shower of $50 checks were given to employees of the Newmont Mining Company Monday evening as a Christmas gift from the company. The mines include the Murchie with 220 men at Nevada City, Zeabright in Bear Valley, Empire, Pennsylvania and North Star mines in the Grass Valley area. The total number of man employed is 975 men, bringing the Christmas gift in the neighborhood of $50,000. : Many a home has been made happy through the generous gift of the Newmont company. JUSTICE COURT DEALS WITH PETTY THIEVERY The case of Jack Pitts, youth of French Corral, who was held in the Nevada county jail for questioning in connection with the stealing of twelv® used automobile radiators from Casswell’s wrecking yard, Boston Ravine in Grass Valley, has been dismissed in the justice court. Deputy Sheriff J. E. Nettell has taken into custody C. A. ‘Linnell of French Corral to face charges of petty theft growing out of the same case. > George Seymour was found euilly of petty theft last week in econnection with the radiator thefts and was sentenced by Judge Winburn Grass Valley to 90 days in jail. MANAGER OF STRAND THEATER SUCCUMBS William Williams, manager of the Strand theater in Grass Valley, passed away suddenly yesterday morning following a brief illness. He was 61 years old and leaves a wife, Mrs. Emolyn Williams, a brother, Henry Williams of Grass Valley, two sisters, Miss Bessie Williams of Grass Valley, and Mrs. Minnie White v. Sacramento, and two step sons, Lionel Osborn and Clayton Osborn. Funeral services will be held: Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock under direction of W. R. Jefford & Son from the Elk’s building with the Rev. C. Washburn officiating. Interment will be in Elm. Ridge cemetery,APARTMENTS ADDED TO FORMER MORGAN HOME Mrs. Rose Ponticelli, who owns the old Morgan home near the Washington grammar _ school, has just completed a two story addition to the north of the old mansion which is divided into three apartments. — Downstairs there is a three room of and bath apartment while upstairs + there are two with two rooms, bath and ‘bed ‘closet each. These apartments were rented long before they were built. Charles Leiter, whe has been quite iii at his home, is able to be up and around and will be down town in a few days. workers and $3.05 for mill men. Formerly the rate was $11.85 per $100 of payroll for all types of mine workers. The reduction was made after a plea from Governor James Rolph, who asked the commissioner not to increase the charge upon the mining industry and to reduce it, if possible. State Senator Jerrold L. Seawell of Roseville, author of a bill at the made it possible to ‘éhange the ratings of different types of mine workers, attended the hearing as did J. C. ing Association of California. SAFEWAY STORES SOON TO ENTER NEVADA CITY Workmen were busy~ Wednesday and yesterday clearing out the old sank fixtures and furnishings, tearing out walls and preparing the building for the occupancy of Safeway Stores which is. expected to move into the former Citizens bank quarters time to share in the holiday trade. It is announced that the entire granite front will be remodeled, door placed at the side of the eu instead of the middle, and a plate glass window to fill mainder of the front. In the rear an extension will be ‘built to give the store more room, a structure which will practically cover what is now the back yard. On Commercial street Contractor Robert Steger is engaged in clearing out the store room in the Masonic building formerly theater. It is assumed that the de; mand for store space has made this “step a preliminary to leasing the property. STRONG TURN OUT AT in the By THE CUB REPORTER Basketball. practice was inaugurated Wednesday for the coming season by Coach Barron. The boys will practice after school at the Redmen’s hall, every school day. There are thirty-five basket ball enthusiasts out for the teams so far and more are expected in a few days. The boys who reported for: the first practice are: Lacey Jones, N. Chatfield, Carl Chatfield, Bill Mullis, Walter Mullis, : Tuttle, ‘Everett Brown, Bob Tamblyn, j J. Rasquetti, Harley Leete, Bud Pierce, Tom Doyle, Fred Browning, Morris Roberts, Don Budi, Lloyd Haddy, Wylie King, Art Elliot, C. Organs, Jackson Englebright, Fabian Joyal, Phillippe Joyal, Jack Clark, Merle Coulton, Dick Marriott, J. Robins ,Ray Worthly, Ray Wilde, Dick Stevens, Bob Graham, Albert Pratti, Gene Thomas, C. Tobiassen, ren Mooers. Coach Barron was pleased with the good turn out. Some boys, he said, will probably drop out. later. For those wh» stick out the regular practice will ¢n places on the A, B, RED CROSS WORKERS A group of women under the ae pervision of Mrs. R. R. Goyne bottl-: ed the last of bis pears donated to, the Red Cross by Mr. and Mrs. John. Eden Wednesday afternoon. ‘ The local Red Cross chapter has bottled 200 quarts of peaches and! pears this fall to aid the needy. The jars, fruit and sugar were donated by private individuals and the! Elks Club gave their kitchen equipped with gas range and all necessary appliances at no expense to the Red Cross. Doctors report that children of needy families do not get enough . healthful sweets. Canned fruit ecorrect, this condition. ——o Mr. and Mrs. Horace Curnow left Wednesday for Berkeley where _ they will visit their daughter, Beth, ‘who is attending the University of (alifornia. They will attend ithe big game tomorrow. ; last session of the legislature, which . Kemp van Ee; seeretary of the: Min. lar sey re-. used for a! HI FOR BASKETBALL’ ‘Dick Tuttle, F. Don Jones, Glendon Harris, and War-} . ! and C, tean:s . . oe was compelled to get heavCAN FRUIT FOR NEEDY =" «nx Nature Splits , His Kindling . an ee ~ When this fellow wants some firewood, he gets a box and lets h geyser: blast. it to bits. “Phis is one of several: geysers near Cloverdale, Calif., which have been capped, and are used for ! heating houses, supplying bath pools and other purposes.. . . TENGINEER HURT BY HIT RUNNER A-man giving ce he name as Wm. Weltfit, said to be a hoist engineer, was struck by a light car at the in. tersection of Pine and Broad streets at midnight Wednesday. According to Orrin Thompkins, an eye witness, the man started to cross i from the Sharmrock Cafe corner to Schreiber’s corner when a light automobilestarted to cross Pine street in front of the man, and he was struck by the rear wheel of the car or fell against the rear wheel cutting an ugly gash over one eye. *Mr. Thompkins rushed to the man’s as; sistance and placed him in his car taking him to Dr. W. W. Reed who dressed the wound. The man was . taken to the county hospital and is recovering form the injury. ‘Cleveland to six months in the Yuba poses a holiday. was declared for the CAMPTONVILLE THIEF GETS 6 MONTHS IN JAIL Douglas Harmeson, accused of stealing sawmill machinery from the Pendola brothers’ plant near Camp-} tonville, yesterday pleaded guilty to! a charge of petty theft in the justice of the peace court in Camptonville and was sentenced by Judge Acton County jail. The court room was packed by. the residents of the district for miles around. Feeling against perpetrators of theft in that community is running high. To all practical purduration of the trial. On motion of Deputy District Attorney W .C. Rucker, of Marysville, the charge was reduced from grand theft to petty theft. Harmeson appeared without an attorney and Bleaded guilty to the lesser charge Harmeson’s beautiful young wife, blonde and statuesque, was with him during his appearance in court. . GRAND THEFT CHARGES On motion of Deputy District Attorney Robert Tharp, the charges of grand theft against: Mrs. Bessie Gerrold and Herman Fiske of Grass Valley yesterday were dismissed by Judge Raglan Tuttle. The two had been held to answerf-on a charge of grand theft. Tharp stated that a reading of the transcript of evidence fromthe justice court indicated insufficient evidence to secure a jury conviction. William. Cassetari was attorney for Fiske. Mrs. Gerrold and Fiske were accused of complicity in stealing a diamond stick pin several weeks ago. The case of William Mitchell of Grass Valley, held to answer on a charge of drunken driving, was set for trial on December 8. Attorney E. H. Armstrong appeared for fendant. SKICLUB TO DECDE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS Miles D. Coughlin, president of the

Nevada City-Grass Valley Ski Club, reports that volunteer workers from among the members have almost Captain J. E. Blake of the Highway Patrol “dices the accident. . MACK MINES SHAFT REVEALS GOOD VALUES The Mack Mines Ltd., ada Hill district south vada City, have hit a cross vein in their sinking oprations that {has ‘about four feet of ledge matter carry. ing good values. The ledge is widenin the Caneast of Ne,ing as sinking operations progress land Mr. Bruce Wallace, superintendent is: pleased with results obtained so far. The company I Canada Hill days. expects vein to cut the in the next few In the last few feet the ro¢k formation became very hard and the SHAFT IN HOGE MINE NEARS 1200 FOOT LEVEL Sinking operations are progressing at such a rapid rate at the Hoge: Development Company min ethat they will finish the 200 foot contract in about another week. As soon as conrpleted, cross cutting to the main ledge will start at once, on the 1200 foot level or bottom of the shaft. Se eerie eres haere as J. BE. Merr:sm. J3v.of Mt. Kiseo i New York, arrived in, Nevada City . by auto a few days ago. While here he traded his car for a motorcycle and after a short visit left for Yreka. He is enjoying a tour of California. . Young: Merriam is six feet four, inches tall, His father at one time! owned the. Grizzly Ridge gravel . property near North Columbia. br ; Slope, where they may learn. ; San completed a new ski course for beginners, which will give them a safe . place, partly level and pattigmgentle DISMISSED BY COURT: the de-} Commercial Street. Stages ““Come Back” Nevada City vasion. is sustaining an in-— New people, new blood, and new busimess, are being injected into the life of this community. Nowhere is this so evident as in Com-— mereial street, the street that ‘‘came back.’ = In the halcyon days of old when red shirted sold miners staged their hol#day parades in Commercial street wher all the leading business firms were located there; that thorougi— } fare was the roaring main street of ! Nevada City, the-mecea of all themining camps in the mountains, the trading center of a tremendous area. Then followed the doldrums when the wind of human. activity came to a dead calm. The tide set away from the mountains. The business firms that stuck by Nevada City, several of them moved higher on the hill to Broad street. Lareeninne etch eonnithe ws sane 4 building contractor, and George W. Gildersleeve well known printer, stayed with the ship, so to speak. Now the wind is up again, the tide sets toward the mountains and ‘‘them thar hills’’ where untold millions of gold ore still is. to -be mined, and with the exception of one or two va-— cancies, the stores along Commercial street between Main and Pine streets are all filled with business firms out hustling for their share of the new trade which has come to Nevada City. = Witnessing their faith in Nevad2 City’s brilliant future, these mer-— chants today have authorized in the Nevada City Nugget a page advertise— ment calling attention to rejuvenaiti-— ed Commercial street. Last. Friday another page advertisement told the story of the modernizing of the Dav-— ies-Transcript building, converted by But Mrs. DeWein’s Millinery, J. J. i Jackson’s Grocery store, John W. ; Darke, upholstering, J. L. Smith, Frank Davies, the owner, into fine apartments, stores and garages. tablished their business homes re— cently in Commercial street are the Bosworth Furniture company, the only store of its kind in the city; eigg™ nest Carnes, ter in Nevada county: Beauty Shop, a metropolitan for beauty culture, second to the county; The Vogue Press Shop, which is fast winning reputation Listed among those who have es. for speed and thor gshness; The congregate for good coffee and early morning breakfasts; Don Carlos BilWood has been procured for the club house and the wood shed has been cleared out preparatory to storing the winter’s supply. There will be a meeting of the club this evening at which the matter of-a care taker for the winter months will be discussed. The question of what method to be followed in the operation of the tobogslide will also be discussed. These are vitally important matters and President Coughlin desires that , every member who can possibly do so, be present. GOLD TUNNEL EXPLORES WITH DIAMOND DRILL Mr. Wilmot is operating a diamond drill on the Gold Tunnel property: on Deer Creek at the western limits of Nevada City. Two shifts are employed in operating the drill. Raports lypsterday were to the effect that the drill was down 185 feet and turning out a core of granite. An effort is being made to locate the vein on ‘the Gold Tunnel property which lies at an angle from the surface sloping in a’ westerly di-. rection with’ the vein running in a: northerly and southerly direction. Thomas Reynolds came up from the bay district Tuesday evening. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Thelma Holton, and child, who have just arrived from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where her husband passed away recently. Mrs. Holton is visiting with her parents and staying . at the home of her aunt, Mrs. George . Wriekt, . j mento December 4 and 5, . } nounced yesterday by W. H. Griffith lick, engineer and assayer; Austin & . Ba. nister, who have moved into the Native: Sons building and are preParingséto open a first class billiard and pool room with beer and lunch adjuncts. The rehabilitation of the CommerNATIONAL CHAMBER CALLS SACT. MEETING A special meeting of the Western Division of the National Chamber of Commerce will be held in Sacrait was ansecretary of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, who has been asked “to bring a delegation of representative business men to the meet— ing from this city. Among the noted men make addresses will be: Farrell, former president of United States Steel, Henry I. Harriman, president of the United States Cham-— ber of Commerce, C. C. Teague president of the California State Chamber, and Jerome Landfield, former State Department advisor on Russian affairs. SPRING HILL MINE DRIFTS ON 900 LEVEL At the Spring Hill mine, located between Nevada City and Grass Valley, a crew §is busily engaged in €ross-cutting and preparing to drift on the vein. Th ecompany has completed cut— ting a station on the 900 foot leveY. R. H. Plate is snot Maneany. who will James A. B.A. Veubera “Ot Alleghany spent Coffée Cup, where night shift miners ; . en 0 an ces setae a few days in . Nevada City this week. Alle B’s 20. Roseville’s many tricky cial Street between Main and Pine Streets, reflects growth in population. While a year ago there were about 2,000 people in Nevada City, Gurimez the year has increased, accordimnezg to very} conservative estimates, to 2500 people. The increase in population is. reflected in the mumibers employed in mining in Nevada City’s vicinity and inthe greatly awuzmented number of children in the city’s grammar and high schools. The rtsh school now reports that there are 214 pupils in attendance, while at the “Washington grammar school, 352 children are enrolled. These are peak figures for school attendGdawsce in Nevada City. BARRON PLEASED WITH GRIDDERS FIGHTING SPIRIT E=~ THE CUB REPORTER Coach Barron. has summarized here the record of his Yellowjackets of the Nevada City gridiron for the whole season. The record of the boys is mot perhaps so impressive in figures but. the team deserve congratuiations for their ability to fight. They made up for a serius lack of weight by a spirit that couldn’t be beat. Coach Barron‘s summary follows: September 30—Placerville beat Nevada City 7-0, having a much heavier team. The Yellowjackets should have scored in the, Jast quarter but the referee blocked Tamblyn eut, as he was running*for a goal on the ten yard line. October 6—Nevada City 26, Orovill— WReserves 0/ The. Yellowjackets wemt to Oroville where they met a team of equdl weight and piled up 26 points py their aggressive snappy playine. / Roznski, Doyle, Tamblyn and Pierce played outstanding games. “October 19—Nevada City 6, Rosereverse plays bewildered the local team = October 26—Grass Valley’s much heavier team beat the local boys 40 to OThe Yellowjackets particularly Rozynski did their best until the last sun. iINovember 3—San Juan 20, Nevada City 0. The score was 0-0 at the first half, but Nevada City gave way to the mutch heavier San Juan boys in the last half. INevember 11—Placerville 30 Nevada City 6. The score was 6-6 at the first half, but due to the roughness of the game, Nevada City had to take out three regulars. INWewvember. 18—Nevada City 7, Grass Valley 0. The Yellowjackets played a fine game but should, with a 2iattile more foree, have made a bizer score cai 7 to 0. MARYSVILLE STAR ROUTE TO EXTEND TO NEV. CITY Through the efforts of Postmaster Phii Scadden, the star mail route formerly operating with Grass Valley amd Marysville as terminals, has beem extended to make Nevada City and Miarysville the terminals. The route will be open to bidding along with the four other stat routes. Bids on all star routes must be in the Postrmaster Generals office by January 16, 1930, and the contracts will rum from July 1, 1934 to July 1, sss. For the Marysville-Nevada City route a bond of $4,500 is reaquired. The route is 46.20 miles in len]eth. Mail from Marysville will reach Nevada City at 10:30 a. m., and leave this city at 11:00 a. m. ACCOUNTING FIRM IS i. DWE, Strain and Company, accourtt2mtis have begun their annual examimationms and audit of the county books and records and were busy. westerday in the ‘County Clerk’s_ fice. About a month since this itins firm, ratty ge rene om the mateo hook She Sais..’ << Pa F) rf : <a s g ger 52 NN ae he = = & ‘ te ®