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PACE TWO .
NIEVZATYA CITY NUGGET
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1940.
Nevada City Nugget
305 Broad Street. Phone 36.
A Lega] Newspaper, as defined by statute. Printed and Published
at Nevada Cjty.
Editor and Publisher
Published Semi-Weekly, Monday and Thursday
t Nevada City, California, and entered as mail
miatter of the second class in the postoffice at
Nevada City under Act of Congress, March 3.
1879. :
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One year (in Advance) .....-.-.-.:EE Maa $2.50
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Jobs, Ins.
With war spreading through southern Europe and threatening to engulf Africa and a!l Asia, long-term’ predictions on
the world’s future can be little more than pure guesswork even
‘by the wisest of prophets. For the year immediately ahead
however. the future of America seems the brightest in a generation. Relief rolls are shrinking. Ranks of the unemployed
are thinning. Construction, expansion, production are ‘the rising order of the times. ‘Consumption nationally, of electric
power has soared to an all time peak of more than 15,000,000
kilowatt hours for the first nine months of this year—approx‘imately 50‘per cent greater ‘than‘ the . power” production” of
“1929. America’s ‘railroads are budgeting enormous sums to
keep step with traffic nééds:” Auto sales are shattering” records
‘from coast Ee oe Se
i to coast.
In all that r resurgence of industrial activity, Cilioride retains the “white spot’ position she held through the dépies“sion. “The percentage of California farm families owning mo“tor vehiicles® is S the"highest fh'the nation—97 per cent. The
‘construction, bu et o the. ‘Pacific Gas & Electrié’ Company
is $26,000; 000-— “$2,000,000 dver ‘last year. “The Yailroad
industry. arainst odds too,’ is making jobs for mien, the’ Southern Pacific’ alone éxpending over $17,000;000 ‘for 20° new
‘Toéomotives, 2540 freight’ c cars ‘and.51 air-conditioned streamlined passenger cars, ‘and j joining hands to build and® ‘Operate . T
a new transcontinental. luxury “train: uch ‘activities, spread.
“ing through all manufacturing, growing, processing and disJributing,” are providing the'answer to the problems of unem:
ployment, of relief’ of business bankruptcy and governmental
deficits, of stagnation ‘In production and consumption—the . .
answer summed up in the word ‘*Tobs™, jobs’ fo" milfions of . °
“c¥eating, earning, ‘spénding builders of America.
Ahead of *wretthed ‘Europe lies a year of wholesale nm
Wcohsuiitoes
struction., But t Anes s curent history might be written’ on =
a page “head } Jobs, Inc. —Contributed. «
ee Te en Sa ee ed te een
The Big-Game
-_ . 7 reer
“This is the ‘week when the Big Game fever : sweeps ‘California.
In every city and county, alumni of Stanford and the
State University ene the inerits of Jurkovich and Standlee,
“of Hatcher and Allbe ert, oF the Tformation of Stanford xrd'the
ort punt and single wing forrriation of' California. ‘The feVer .
the kickoff will reach its height at 2 p.'m. Saturday,” ‘when
launches the classié in Berkeley’: s Memorial ‘Stadium—but it
‘will not die when the final gun ends the battle. ‘There will ke
only 4 hall before’ ‘the’ shift df enthusiasm to the clash of the
nation’s Collegiate ‘stars in the Shrine Fast: ‘West game at San
Francisco—a d then a shorter lull before the attetition of the
fodtball walt cehters ‘ on the Rose Bowl tlassic' at’ Pasadéna .
on’ New’ Year's Day. Then only will the’ tational Big Game . ’
fever die’ f6t the’ Sash‘ thé'fever that raged, when Michigan
met Minnesota; when St. Mary’s met Santa Clara, when Notre
Dame met Army, when Yale: met’ Harvard, When Cs. C. met
uC. TA .
And when the Big Game fever dies the night a January . , every sincére American, whether or not he cares for
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pPrnnay
BAD NEWS ae
a
oes and Rocky Mountain ticks, but we still have rattle sane
es. rats, black widow spiders arid termites; and we ‘do very
littlé about thém, aside from buying remedies for the cure’ of
their bites and stings and wondering why Noah ‘allowed. them.
to’survive when he had so perfect an —— to nip them
in the bud. ee 2
Why not appoint committees to dicove their favorite
hide outs and finish them once and for all? ~~ ° ~~
I wonder if the worthy, legislators now recessing in
Washineton PD C. will be content ‘to sit dnd twiddle ~ their
peer. thumbs during the weeks before ‘thém. They
might ‘iinvrove’the Goldeti* hours by enacting ‘laws’ calculated
to “curb” the ‘activities of traitorous insufferables who live and
move and. have their unsavory being within our borders.
Human termites, rats and gad ‘flies, should ‘be labeled
with thé word traitor and dealt with accordingly. ‘No doubt our
law makets'and law eriforcément agencies are working strenuly to end the undermining activities of foreign undesirits ea but y we “wish they would move: more rapidly and effect:
saa
I wonder about vitamins. What a hold they have upon
popular imagination! 'Cgloriés are not so fortunate: In fact.
calories are often considered taboo, especially among slenderizes; but vitamines are consumed ‘sans conisideration ‘of size
and. number: : : a.
What do vitamines look like? No one knows and thet
through a powerful magnifying glass and what . saw—well
. I've had qualms about -using water as a beverage ever ‘since.
If vitamines, look: like . the monsters which inhabit’ ‘aqua ‘pura,
I prefér caories:: *'
Vitamines come to us neatly labeled a b c and so on to
xyz and we consuine' them Unhesitatingly, although ordinarily we’ réfiise to accept food stuffs without ‘some’ ‘degree of
analytical. forethought. It seems that'one is never ‘in danger
of deduring toO rhany of these unseens,, and ‘that thought
should make us nause and think. At the present rate of consrmntion. how lone withthe ‘supply of -vitamines hold out?
This: subject is téo much for me; take, it away “you Vitamine
experts, te m. through.’ : :
IT never saw a vitamine, . never heard one crawl;
And there are times when I'm convinced they don't
“exist at-all.: ysis
Uncle Silas says: “A eoubitas friend writes complainingly, ‘Tin already: feeling the ill effectsof that New Deal victory; . can't sell my trailer, my new violin squeaks and _ the
sports, may well: pray that next Autumn will again find: the
leaves are all falling off the fruit trees’’
aA: MERRIAM CONNER.
arguments, the: roaring throngs, the Big Game‘and the’ football'féver. For otily in a nation at peace can the healthful fever.
of sports enthusiasm exist. In the war year of 1918 America
abandoned Big Games; there was no Big Game for Stanford
and California—there was only the frim, overshadowing,
deadly game of death on the battlefields for American boys
to play. The Big Gamés are more ‘than football ‘contests in
their significance today. They are symbols of the great oasis
of peace and security that is ours in a surrounding: ‘world: desert of misery and destruction.
. Just Wonnernr
I wonder about poison oak ,
And other ranfl, obnoxious plants,
I wonder about té¥mites' tov”
And other forms of flying ants.
Why did dame nature make the things?
And why did Noah then preserve them?
‘And why, i in this enlightened’ age,
Do' we conserve them? °
I wonder ‘why modern man, who does so much to make
his surroundings safe and sanitary, doesn’t go steps farther
and exterminate many still ‘existing pests which endanger his
health and upset his mental equilibrium.
To be sure, scientific research has taught us how to ‘ake
life difficult for house flies, garden ants, canal zone mosquitse 107 mm street Nevada County. Photo Center
A. ‘PHONE 67. Portraits, Commercial Photography,
A iAW NS “f _ 8 Hour Kodak Finishing, Old Copies,
is HOTOSRAPHED : Enlarging and Framing,. .
Lt Kodaks and Photo Supplies,
“Grass. Valley
Movie Cameras and Films
pester aes ae ea
Politically Speaking
oe ieee
prisoners in the state penitentiaries,
is headed by John Gee Clark, Olsonappointed director of penology and
By JOHN W. DUNLAP
United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 28.—(UP)—
Gov. Olson’s gontrol of the state government will take an upswing about
the first of the year, when ‘approximately 100 term appointments to
various state boards and commissions
will open up.
eph H. Stephens, of
republican representative.
Democratic appointees will —'gain
majorities in a number of the agenc-;
ies for the first timef-In other cases
however, the administration will not
gain control until 1942, and a few;
agencies cannot be controlled by any Personnel board members are paid’
governor during his first term—bar-; Only.on a per diem basis, but the
ring deaths or resignation—because. board meets so frequently. the month-’
of lengthy terms provided: for the! ly payments sometimes run more)
menibers, some as long as ten years, than $200 per member, at the rate:
In one important agency, the state; of $15 a day. Riley, who incidental-)
railroad commission, Gov. Olson will! ly did not accept the per diem allow-!
get his first representation when the ance, served on the board under aj
term’ of Franck R. Devlin .of Ber-' ' provision of the original civil service
keley expires on Jan. 1. Olson’s ap-. act making the controller an ex-ofpointee will serve six years and re-. ficio member until 1941, when -the
ceive $6000 a year, . Position would be filled by appointThe railroad commission, incident-. ™ent of the governor.
ally, is one of the agencies. which Olson will gain’ control of the inwill not have a democratic majority . dustri@l acoidentt commission with,
during the governor’s four year term,. &XPiration of the term of L J. Mudsince no further vacancies occur un-. 40x of Modesto. This position pays
til Jan. 1, 1943. Two terms expire. $5000 a year,
Controller Harry B.
five.
fact worries’ me greatly. l’once peered ata glass of water: /
consists of only three members. JosSacramento, !
will remain on the board as the lone
A choice. 10 year appointment to . ],
the state personnel board will be oven when-the ex-officio term of State . !
Riley expires . !
i January 15, but will give only two/!
administrative votes out of a total of . ,
RS REAL SETAS STEMI © onc SE
ROTARY EMBERS
HEAR RY ME PIERCE
The members of the local Rotary
Club were enlightened this noon by
a talk on Fish and Game——A Community Asset, by Ross E. Pierce,
owner of the Inter-County Title Co.
The program chairman for the;
{meeting was Curran Heath, manag-.
jer of the title office here.
Pierce when not engaged in busiis an ardent sportsman. He is ness,
cher of Long Beach, chairman of the
board, expired last January but he
was not replaced.
Among agricultural appointments
on the state board of agriculture, two
commission and five on the board of
directors of the state fair.
Other major appointments to be
open to the governor are as follows:
One member of the University of
California board of regents, to serve
for a 16 year term;..two members
each of the athletic commission, industrial welfare commission, board
‘of trustees of the’ California institu:
tion for women at Tehachapi, board
of public health, social Welfare board
board’ of directors of the California
‘Nautical School; planning board, "and
‘Teal estate boara;” Sévén members: of
the board of direetors of ‘the Wom:
en’s Relief Corps Home; five mem‘bers of the apprecticeship cof nel;
one member of the park commission,
a sheriff member of* the’ bosfd of
managers of the state -bureau “
criminal identification.Two menibers ach of the following professional. and _ vocational
standards boards: accountancy, chiropractic examiners ‘(also two present vacancies, césmetology, déntal
examiners, embalmers* and funeral
directors, medical examiners, -osteoPathic examiners) pharmacy, examinérs in veterinary medicine, and contractors license board one each of
the following: architectural ‘examiners, barber examiners, board of
registration of -civi): engineers, optometry, structural pest’ control board
and posre of gps see examiners,
on the agricultural prorate advisory .
a f niomber of the Mt. Ralston Club,
one of the most active and prominent sportsmen’s organizations in the
state.
Dandy selection of choice used
cars at George Bros., Grass Valley.
Placer claim
Calif. Priced
Ramm, CamptonSALE — Small
near Camptonville,
FOR
right. John G.
ville.
KXPERT RADIO REPAIRING —
Loud Speaker Systems for Rent vr
Sale. Authorized:Philco Auto Radio
Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITAL
—Specialists in Radio Ills, 11%
South Church Street, Grass Valley.
Phone 984, 2-19tf
WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Main‘springs, $1.00. Watch Chrystals,
round, 25e, fancy, 50c. All work
guarantéed, J: M. Bertsche, Watch
and Clock repairing.’ With Ray's
Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West
Mein Street, Grass” “Valley. 12-12
“MERCHANDISE EXCHANGE
-*210 Mam Street” *
«*Phoneé 410°'
A BARGAIN IN
“ EVERYTHING
Cook and heating stoves.
Household furniture, camp
equipment. Tents, cots, etc.
Antiques. Good gifts for
friends. 1930: modelA Coupe
a good buy’ $30.
106-7-lmoce
‘Twice a week the Nevada City
Nugget comes at $2.50. a year.
Hot.
HR te 40% a Te TNR
ICE CREAM,
Chocolate!
Hot Coffee!
Hot ‘Lunches!
AND ALL THE COOL, [REFRESHING THINGS TOO,
“COKES,” SODAS, MILK SHAKES
STOP IN AWHILE — OUR SERVICE IS FOR YOU .
Our beautiful Christmas boxes of
candies are now on display. Order
now, we will deliver
where you wish,
ES pha .
when ad
Mill Street
Did you ever ask * ‘the girl friend" how he would like a .
big, beautiful box of pare from
THE BLUEBIRD CONFECTIONERY —
Try It! .
Grass Valley
then, and the remaining two in 1945. Two additional vacancies will be
The governor will again gain conopen on the 10 man state board of!
trol of the important board of Prise" education, which the administration}
on terms and paroles when Fred L. . . already controls, with expiration of .
Esola, San Francisco, goes off the) the terms of Edna-§S. Kasch, Spe
board in January. This agency, which. and Ford A. Chatters, Lindsey, In
_ fixes terms and grants paroles to, Addition, the term of Dr. is ohh ce
i ; a ee wink spite aims hi
. liver.
111 BENNETT STREET
and—NO MONDAY
WASHING. No TUESDAY
IRONING. ~ ;
gives the mother of the fam;
ily two more days each week
to plan the holiday preparations and not be too tired
out when the bis days oome
Our hagihs a service takes care of every need. Men's shirts .
and underwear, children’s school and playthings, house :
dresses, aprons, towel, table linens, bed ‘linens. And it
prices that fit the budget. Try our service, we call and deQuality and Service.
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