November 3, 1933 (6 pages)

; : This is Nevada City's ONLY paper. It supports. things worth while. Do you subj Hometown News. . 3 scribe for it? I WE DO OUR PARE . saa 0 ‘ evada City Nugget . . Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association Bod Your Hometown News. am . paper helps build your community. Readers and . advertisers make it a good builder. > Vol, VIII, No. . The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 1933 City Council Backs — Fire Department To Buy Armory Hall Firemen, Anxious to Preserve Famous Landmark for Many ‘f Years of Community Use, to Make Drive for Public Subscription ~ A committee of the Fire Depart. Nevada Irrigation District, $337.80; ment Delegates appeared before the; P. G. and E., $248.60; EK. . Hilliard, -city eouncil last evening with this $674.68; R. D. Curnow, $465.80; P. proposition: That the department] C. A. Co., $4874; City of Grass Valwould: buy Armory, also known as ley, $22.50; Chas. R. Harley, $14.99. Redmen’s hall, at certain figures, ‘Service Garage, $7.58; The Plaza paying for it in annual installments, Garage, $7.27; Webb Motors, $3.36; if the, city council in the meantime . Chas. Sharp, $109; Nick . Sandow, would guarantee their expenses, $109; Chas. Hoskin, $89; J. Pearce, much of-wijich in past years has been $88; Arthur Pratti, $87; C. Thomas, paid for out of funds raised by the $61; H. M. Hallitt, $56.50: S. S. fire départment itself. P®'revethick, $42. The commitiee appearing before . ’ Leroy Hoskins, $27.50: Fred Hilerthe city rouncil consisted of Fire] man, $71: J. Coughlan, $13; H. L: Chief Louis Kopp, R. L: P. Bigelow Hurst, $8; Walter Nivens, $8: C. A. Land Hyd. N-Ote Hanks, $4.50; T. Baguace, $4; MinThe council agreed to this Propo-¥ ers Foundry and Supply Co., $17.38: sition, but added the proviso that . George tildersleeve, $10.50; Bakers the fire department immediately conNevada City Transfer, $228. : FIRE FUND : Hi. S. Hallitt, $62.50; .G. and BE. . $3.84; P. To and T. $3.94: Califors Mnia Wxtinguisher Co., $55.11: Capital! Chief Kopp in. presenting the pro-! Fire Extinguisher Co., $10.80: Cieposal to CGT ands. Gauien Station, $1.0. given 5 drive to raise at least that the public to preserve this historic oid duct a $500 as.d4ndication desires hall for conmmunity purposes. council the stated that building had owners of the them an option.on it for a very short . been offered. If the city council or! FRSRAUEELS 2 Bas Loam . } the’ fire departme! t does “not -pur} ~ DE offer to purchase-the.lot.and build-;: B Balad # BGR Paes. pay aad Dey. + yo uey Ty meh . p. Ae . Sree: = eee : oe ee j Preparations are now going forren Mee a dn% cles ! ward by the American Legion “post Lag eee: ea = oe : for Armistice Day parades, pre gram, iat oP TBST OW stated. that there: Ganaie and dance. Matirice Kach is! was not the slightest dou that ‘ ' echairnian of the Armistice Day dance; re departnrent ¢onld raise tic one: i eee te fom aha he da semployine a apart y RlOnEY “Over .a torn: of veara But he-didbelieve that the touncil vide the Musia 1 snould agree to defray expenses of Arrangements have been made for the participation of school echildré n,. fraternal, civic, and patriotic organi-. zations in th ereat. parade which] will start at 10 o’clock on the mor-. ning of November 11. Howard Ben-. netts is chairman of the Parade Com: the department for equipment and! other disbursements during the term . ii) Which the department was putting its funds into the purchase price. The annual firemen’s ball, the ‘main money raising event of the fire . department, proceeds of which are . oitiae. . usually used for the purehase of . equipment, would have to be used to Luther Marsh, of this city, -is 2 pay annual installments. If the hall . Charge of the program and he is el were torn down the fire department, . idly obtaining the talent to make . this feature of the day especially in-' teresting. The program will follow, immediately after the parade, and will be held in Memorial hall. he stated, would have no place to sive its annual ball, and thus, in any event, the city would have to shoulder the expense of maintaining the fire department, without help the department itself. Councilman Benjamin Hall das] eclared it would be a test of publi¢ ni. terest in preserving the hall, if the y, ; firemen were able to put on a drive . $32 Dh FOR CQ iF p for private subscriptions and raise . é . $500 by this means, they-could fee! . The RC yesterday again advanced assured then that the pepole of Ne-. its price for gold, purchasing thx vada City were determined that this . yellow metal for $32.26 an ounce, 10 historie old landmark Ce ncnet (eal at ee ET CS from not be . . Apparently in response to the United Councilman Wade Armstrong call-. States’ bid ‘for gold the quotation for ed attention to and stieng: the metal rose in the London Worid . thening which the building should cents above the price of Wednesday. destroved. repairs would . market to $32.11, as compared with neéd in «. Windows, . Seven piece local orchestra -to proUNCLE SAM PAYS Plane ‘Spare’ . . When Alex Brun, above, Cincinnati/aviator, is compelled to make a forced landing, he always is assured of immediate transportation back to civilization. ’ This -tiny one-cylinder motor. cycle, which he designed, is always in his plane for use in case of emergency. Weighing only 90 pounds, the tiny vehicle can go 35° miles anhour: and travels 110 miles on a gallon of gasoline, 1 Carries Cycle as L0G LODGE IS PROPOSED FORAt a pleasant ceremony Wednesday evening, several members of the Nevada City troop of scouts’ were awarded merit badges and promotions in rank. The court of honor was held in the Superior Court room and Judge Raglan Tuttle, chairman. made the: presentations. Among those present were Judge Tuttle, M. D. Coughlin, H, A. Curnow, district chairman, Beverly Barron, Richard Parsons scoutmaster, R. Nelson, Ellis Clark, Mr. McGinnis, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilde, and Mr. jand Mrs. W.-C. Perry. The ceremonies opened with members of the . troop repeating the scout oath They were led by Patrol Leader Ray Wilde. 3H AR PATROL PRAISED Following the awards, Judge Tuttle in an informal address praised the Bear patrol for its prowess in obtaining third prize in the camporee recently held at Auburn. He stated that he believed that District Scout Committee would soon be in a po. Sition to purchase additional equipsway. Hallowe'en; automobile ndows with soap and candle ing. up fenees, hiding . Bands of youthful celebrants held defacing show windshieds and gates: of ment for the troop, and that the committee is contemplating the erection of a log lodge Within the city as a meeting hall and home. He announcthat Mr. schools McGinnis, a teacher in the here is heiping in with Thé following awards.were made: MERIT BADGE AWARDS Ray Wilde, Athletics, First Aid: Albert Pratti, ming, Wood scoutmaster’s duties Interpreting, SwimCarving. Walter Brown, Leathercraft. Nathanial Robins, First Aida. SCOUT TROOP: the trgopi Gold Order Puts 2000 More Miners To Work The State Division of Mines re-. county follows: H inity fis porting to Governor Rolph on No-' Trinity, 75; Lassen, . PP ET ES : ary ? > : < vember 1, states that 2,000 men have'l he sdichins aati "5; Butte, 90; Saas. 3 oe ,. . 60; Sierra, 45; Placer, 100; El Dofound employment in the mining in-; rado, 105; Amador, 42: Calaveras dustry since President Franklin D. 25; Tuol&mne, 200; Mariposa, 134, Roosevelt issued his order on Sep-. and Sacramento 60= r : : : Pt we iaghnk tp perenne cia Cp Orernes . In some cases, mines which had to obtain the world price for gold. 5: been closed have beén reopened with the better prospects of profitable operation, afforded by the increased Siskiyou, 75; ~ The actual figures submitted show 2,031 men-newly employed in a ‘little less than two months. gold prices. In the Idaho Maryland mine: in ; eee 0 Nevada county, 100 men have been put to 'work as the result Of the orNEW MINT RULES der, while in theentire county, re-. e employment has been provided for an . ! estimated total of 305 men. The number of men returned to . ; work in each California gold mining . The government’s gold marketing * s ; Ss £ & regulations now permit the small . sold prospectors to sell their gold te state licensed bullion buyers without source FOREST SERVICE ‘the affidavits, showing the t acre date of mining, beine notaried. : ¢ . While the new rules are almost ‘identical with the former regulations SIERRA CO. ROADS they now permit the bullion buyers to turn in their purchases with affi-. davits sworn to by the-buyers them— About fifty men are now employed selves, listing the names and localiton roads in the Downievills section les of the prospectors from whom which were supplied by the National they purchased the gold. ,~ke-employment Program. Producers who still .ship: their Two road camps have been estab-. 801d divectly to the mint will still he. lished in Sierra county by Forest SuTeauired to make out affidavits. pervisor. R. UL. P. Bigelow of the TaThis new culing will affect thoushoe National Forest. ands of California's small gold snipThe first project. now. is working eee ; : ise men on the Wild Plum-Haypress On the oth hantkthe goid buyer road léadine-from thé Yuba Pass has to’ 4 all-mint charges. in .ad; a ; Clemens Organ, Bookbinding. Eirewhich, along with. ash eans: many! : Zan, oO inding, Igire se ° : : ee j Manship. ; Will probably be ‘lost for some-j; a a —. eee ADVANCEMENT BADGES . . First Class Badges awarded to Merchanis who hired boys to eleai ; Mick Tuttle and Rob Smail. ttheir wit Ws after: the ‘‘celebra-: + 3 } their may) alter ¢ ‘ lebre Life Seout 3adges awarded to tion,”’. did.so inthe hope that. the =< boys. hired had: no hand in . them Avith candle grease. . . Some people that were complain the police failed policemen, and a great many were engaged in the merry pasttime, man, told of the of giving people. who sleep o’ nights One way to avoid the expense and H annoyance of Hallowe'en pranks tried ! with relative suceess in other cities . Committee Monday evening in is to invite boys. and girls to, Chamber of Commerce, many Hallowe'en parties, given un-. . rs 7 der the auspices of churches, thereby turning their youthful berance, energy and publie peace and safety. _— 09 Salt two Lake City, Utah, returned for the past weeks, home rd there in regard to a trial. daubing ! inclined to; Patrol of Troop 6 as a }a lot of trouble. There were too many boys and too few policemen . and spoke of for this occasion. . frater. nal societies and civic organizations, . exudiszegard of property rights into channels as fully satisfynige to the boys.and girls themselves, and much. more conductive to George Lysterup, who has been in Wednesday evening. He was a former resident of Salt Lake City and was eall‘Scouts Albert Pratti.and Ray Wilde. A cloth the form of a j letter “B” was awarded to the Bear emblem in reward Horace A, Curnow, district chairinterest members of: the Nevada City Scout Committee . were taking in the work of the troop the proposed . mentioned by Judge Tuttle. DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEBTS At the meeting of District plans the . miles long. for: vice in. winning third place at the Camporee their duty, but there are only two held at Auburn October 21, 1933 a ‘ It follows up Haypress Creek where boys . the ways andj means of providing a home for the Boy Scout troop or troops of Nevada City, were animatedly discussed. It} had been suggested that the eost of } building a log hut of ample propor-f tions would-be comparatively action so. that building ‘might be completed . in time for winter use. . At present, the committee mem-i bers admitted, me eting places for the boys aré not suitable for their: purposes, and that somewhat uncertain Horace A, the tenure. Curnow, committee, chairman of . district presided at’ the meeting. ease it beeame a_ public building, owned by the fire depart-. ment, but the firemen’s committee . gram is that if cain be were confident they could care for] yaiseq and io'd at a high level both that. . here and 7}: oad, there will be an auE. J. N. Ott stated that he was cer-! tomatie djusiment which will carry tain that $500 could be raised in a ; domestic commodity prices upward as very short time by public subscripwell. Higher prices is the first obtion. jective of the president's recovery A meeting of the entire fire deprogram. : partment will be called for this evePoe ELMER FORD ACCUSED $31.52, the day. before. The theory behind Roosevelt's progold prices ning, and at that time it is expected a committee to carry on the fund aisi rive, ill b 2d. bs : pins Aa OF DRUNKEN DRIVING Ada Rich, . $85; W. G.° Robson, a : : $125; George H. Calanan, $20: E. M. Foley, $12.50; Miles D. Coughlan, $12.50. C. Jeffery, $65; Herbert NEVADA CITY AND SAN JUAN GRIDDERS TO MEET Coach Bev. Barron is giving the Nevada City high gridders snappy workouts each evening now. He is developing a new shift, and believes its timing by the time the game with ‘ that.the team will be proficient in. Mrs. Gloria Spiers, grand rdpresenSan Juan rots around tomorrow ate. tative of Woodcraft ternoon on San Juan’s campus. {who came up from Fair Oaks,, SacraHe is devoting a large part-“of each ; mento county, to attend cevening’s An information has been filed in the Nevada County Superior Court by District Attorney W. RE. Wright against Elmer Ford of Forest Hill, Placer county, who is charged with driving an automobile while. intoxicated. The car driven by Ford side-swiped a car driven by Westly Davis of Sacramento on the below Grass Valley recently. ‘ ‘ ; } . t ! oO 0 ig Neighbors of a session of} and; Champion Cirele, is spending,a few blocking. With one or two exceptions} days’ in Nevada City with Mr. the line up will exercise to defense and ; probably be the same, Mrs. William Kervin. Mrs. Spiers and! as that of last Friday when the team, Mrs. Kervin were once residents of, ‘vent down to defeat before the hefty . Tonopah, Nevada and are enjoying a. eleven of Grass Valley. ! visit together. ‘ , Nevada County Fights . ne . . i Depression With Gold} In round figures Nevada last year produced gold valued at $3,424,000, in round figures, in this war Nevada county is standing high among’ the gold producing sections of the world. The ‘Bureau of Mines reports that California produced worth of metals in 193 : ‘ela : . Ke Gold’production in the state last $8 a8 a gold producer. year‘totaled 569,166.99 “fine ounces, against 523,135.09 in 1931, but the Auburn highway, Production of other metals declined . sharply. On'y 493,533 county , fifty-two, last; Ounces from quartz mines and 5,011 year. Evrey ounce produced is bullet . ounces: aimed at Old Man Depression, “And. 176,123 valued at $3,424,000 leads the! every county in the state by a wide front rank of the fighters, leading ; margin. Sacramento with its placer all other counties of California, and . production of 101,599 ounces, . ond, and Amador with its big output’ . ' . fine ounros as) silver Was produced against 867,913, in .I3%, only [email protected] pound: . o. has been short _of water for operat-j mines is second with 63,262 ounces. : $12,066,750. Tulare county with a production of . produced gold. Nevada! county reports production of 171;412 from placer. This total of is se fromthe Kennedy and Argonaut 6.80 ounces is at the foot of the RAINFALL HELPS GRAVEL es The French Corral gravel mine! copper against. 12,931,955. only 2,-,ing thelr drag line ana trommel, but } £17,416 (ho 7256: pounds of and last year no gine was duced 159,865 pounds of that metal. lead against 3,-; since the heavy rain mined while in 1931 Califernia pro--etentwaier forall of this. week it . : ~ . 4 Sos . itreported ‘that there. will be sulfi. ¢ needs. tz Six men are-steadily eniployed , creation center and fishermen’s paradise. Haypress Creek is“one of the even these are 4 road will. be started as soon as the camp, dian Valley is completed. This road will be six miles long. It will start at the North Fork of the American river highway bridge and go down the river on.the north bank to Slate Creek. It will open up an inaccessiMINE AT FRENCH CORRAL . cs: were i: is now auneat concn region. at Creek road near Sierra City to the Ridenvance of the gold being ‘wertified to Valley where the R.F. C. The mint will netify as it will connect with a road to Weber to the amount of the charges, and Lake and Trudite.--The rood being HNtiT they receivespostal. money ser. constructéd is approximately Place in Havypress i-2er nine, ders, (no personal checks), or cash, # meyty phe amou f charges were . The. Haypress road, lone needed : : ¥ gree BS ste ore e i ro ctp Py ‘ = ‘by the Tahoe National Forest SerC°@Rcthd frpm the gold and ae aes has a connecting link between 22° sent to the buyer. These ss nay : es runs from $1.25 t 2.58. Sierra City and Hanness Pass road. ®£ un{ fro $ 0 $ a The length of time between receipt there is a fine stand of timber: and through a lightening” zone territory inite, but will be handled as expediwhere the forest service had to extiously as possib tinguish numerous fires. Men fight-: ing on these fires have had to travel bentures of the R. F. C. These can afoot or horseback a number of miles be discotinted at the Federal Reserve to get to them. This road will. aid Se bank and cash realized,. in holding these ‘fires to a small area I ‘othes words, the Reconstruction by apick transportation. “Finance Corporation sends you ‘a 90 \YRECREATION CENTER “4 day note for the gold and these notes Sierra City is fast becoming 4 re-} can be in the banks on Payment is~ made in 90 days dediscounted the day of receipt. eR geet AEE Ts AO zood fighing ‘streams SKLELUB WILL : f that region. we This roadwill giy easy: "A CCABE*tO the fishermen Apd will, also give the campers a god road to travel -over to Wild Pim Forest Service camp ground -which is extensively used by campers during the summer season. . A There will be a meeting of the Ski Twelve men are employed on the! Club this evening in the Nevada City Empire Ranch road which leads from . Chamber of Downieville to the Middle Fork of . Club State that it the North Fork of the Yuba river. . is imperative that evety member of This road will be about five miles the club be present to discuss and to . ' Pie aee ge” Commerce assembly room, leaders leng when completed. decide upon a winter program. EMPIRE RANCH ROAD There will also be an election of a The Empire Ranch road opens up. 2€W president. an area north east of Downieville, It is reported that the Ski where the Forest Service has had. Club “last year earned approximately numerous fires and it has been slow and difficult work to transport men to them. As a result of this handi$1,000, and that this year. should show larger receipts and stil] larger attendance at the winter sports » cap most of these fires have become . Which are now céntered at the club large ones and. were costly for the Forest Service to suppress. This road will ter in a dangerous fire region. Incidentally this road will be an aid to the miners in this region and will also open up to automobile traffic some very good fishing. house. Marysville, Sacramento and all valley towns within their immediate vicinity, look on the Ski-course as one,.of the best in the Sierras and have patronized it liberally. But thus farnothing has been done toward providing winter sports lovers with .a program. It is especially urged that every member attend tonight's: meeting. ce make transportation much fasThe Indian Valley-Slate Creek which is being built at Inespecially the Forest City road from ‘Freeman's Crossing to Forest City. Work will be done from Freeman’s a rough stretch of road and needs considerable betterment. A road ts also planned to Hess Peak near North San Juan where it is planned to place a Forest Service lookout sta tion. The men will be used, however, 2 Waar . on “hazard reduction work, e NEW CAMP TO OPEN fire breaks on points, feliin it is expected work will soon start, which are a . hazard dc 7 another Nv I. R. A; camp of aps) @learing for fire brea sort men in case one starts in this AIDPANNERS — he ‘shipments will be held up. oo ot shipment and payment is indef+ MEET TONIGHT Crossing to Oregon House which ts a sroximately 30. men at the Oregon _constructing ‘and — opening camp sround near Freeman's! trails in the Moonshine rgg General softening of the markets for the property and .the company is . Crossing in Ytba county, This camp . All of -this work. is the baser metals was recorded in jnaking a-goed showing in gold fre-. has ot yet been approved. but. it. is. .0 aid i; né re-e syn 1982. J ; ‘}eovery. Ben Maddox is wraastasaas! expected to be shortly, At this cam . ohiehap rt of t \ Thirty-eight counties, of the state’s dent. oer ‘. there will be several roads it oY

; : This is Nevada City's ONLY paper. It supports. things worth while. Do you subj Hometown News. . 3 scribe for it? I WE DO OUR PARE . saa 0 ‘ evada City Nugget . . Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association Bod Your Hometown News. am . paper helps build your community. Readers and . advertisers make it a good builder. > Vol, VIII, No. . The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 1933 City Council Backs — Fire Department To Buy Armory Hall Firemen, Anxious to Preserve Famous Landmark for Many ‘f Years of Community Use, to Make Drive for Public Subscription ~ A committee of the Fire Depart. Nevada Irrigation District, $337.80; ment Delegates appeared before the; P. G. and E., $248.60; EK. . Hilliard, -city eouncil last evening with this $674.68; R. D. Curnow, $465.80; P. proposition: That the department] C. A. Co., $4874; City of Grass Valwould: buy Armory, also known as ley, $22.50; Chas. R. Harley, $14.99. Redmen’s hall, at certain figures, ‘Service Garage, $7.58; The Plaza paying for it in annual installments, Garage, $7.27; Webb Motors, $3.36; if the, city council in the meantime . Chas. Sharp, $109; Nick . Sandow, would guarantee their expenses, $109; Chas. Hoskin, $89; J. Pearce, much of-wijich in past years has been $88; Arthur Pratti, $87; C. Thomas, paid for out of funds raised by the $61; H. M. Hallitt, $56.50: S. S. fire départment itself. P®'revethick, $42. The commitiee appearing before . ’ Leroy Hoskins, $27.50: Fred Hilerthe city rouncil consisted of Fire] man, $71: J. Coughlan, $13; H. L: Chief Louis Kopp, R. L: P. Bigelow Hurst, $8; Walter Nivens, $8: C. A. Land Hyd. N-Ote Hanks, $4.50; T. Baguace, $4; MinThe council agreed to this Propo-¥ ers Foundry and Supply Co., $17.38: sition, but added the proviso that . George tildersleeve, $10.50; Bakers the fire department immediately conNevada City Transfer, $228. : FIRE FUND : Hi. S. Hallitt, $62.50; .G. and BE. . $3.84; P. To and T. $3.94: Califors Mnia Wxtinguisher Co., $55.11: Capital! Chief Kopp in. presenting the pro-! Fire Extinguisher Co., $10.80: Cieposal to CGT ands. Gauien Station, $1.0. given 5 drive to raise at least that the public to preserve this historic oid duct a $500 as.d4ndication desires hall for conmmunity purposes. council the stated that building had owners of the them an option.on it for a very short . been offered. If the city council or! FRSRAUEELS 2 Bas Loam . } the’ fire departme! t does “not -pur} ~ DE offer to purchase-the.lot.and build-;: B Balad # BGR Paes. pay aad Dey. + yo uey Ty meh . p. Ae . Sree: = eee : oe ee j Preparations are now going forren Mee a dn% cles ! ward by the American Legion “post Lag eee: ea = oe : for Armistice Day parades, pre gram, iat oP TBST OW stated. that there: Ganaie and dance. Matirice Kach is! was not the slightest dou that ‘ ' echairnian of the Armistice Day dance; re departnrent ¢onld raise tic one: i eee te fom aha he da semployine a apart y RlOnEY “Over .a torn: of veara But he-didbelieve that the touncil vide the Musia 1 snould agree to defray expenses of Arrangements have been made for the participation of school echildré n,. fraternal, civic, and patriotic organi-. zations in th ereat. parade which] will start at 10 o’clock on the mor-. ning of November 11. Howard Ben-. netts is chairman of the Parade Com: the department for equipment and! other disbursements during the term . ii) Which the department was putting its funds into the purchase price. The annual firemen’s ball, the ‘main money raising event of the fire . department, proceeds of which are . oitiae. . usually used for the purehase of . equipment, would have to be used to Luther Marsh, of this city, -is 2 pay annual installments. If the hall . Charge of the program and he is el were torn down the fire department, . idly obtaining the talent to make . this feature of the day especially in-' teresting. The program will follow, immediately after the parade, and will be held in Memorial hall. he stated, would have no place to sive its annual ball, and thus, in any event, the city would have to shoulder the expense of maintaining the fire department, without help the department itself. Councilman Benjamin Hall das] eclared it would be a test of publi¢ ni. terest in preserving the hall, if the y, ; firemen were able to put on a drive . $32 Dh FOR CQ iF p for private subscriptions and raise . é . $500 by this means, they-could fee! . The RC yesterday again advanced assured then that the pepole of Ne-. its price for gold, purchasing thx vada City were determined that this . yellow metal for $32.26 an ounce, 10 historie old landmark Ce ncnet (eal at ee ET CS from not be . . Apparently in response to the United Councilman Wade Armstrong call-. States’ bid ‘for gold the quotation for ed attention to and stieng: the metal rose in the London Worid . thening which the building should cents above the price of Wednesday. destroved. repairs would . market to $32.11, as compared with neéd in «. Windows, . Seven piece local orchestra -to proUNCLE SAM PAYS Plane ‘Spare’ . . When Alex Brun, above, Cincinnati/aviator, is compelled to make a forced landing, he always is assured of immediate transportation back to civilization. ’ This -tiny one-cylinder motor. cycle, which he designed, is always in his plane for use in case of emergency.. Weighing only 90 pounds, the tiny vehicle can go 35° miles anhour: and travels 110 miles on a gallon of gasoline, 1 Carries Cycle as L0G LODGE IS PROPOSED FORAt a pleasant ceremony Wednesday evening, several members of the Nevada City troop of scouts’ were awarded merit badges and promotions in rank. The court of honor was held in the Superior Court room and Judge Raglan Tuttle, chairman. made the: presentations. Among those present were Judge Tuttle, M. D. Coughlin, H, A. Curnow, district chairman, Beverly Barron, Richard Parsons scoutmaster, R. Nelson, Ellis Clark, Mr. McGinnis, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilde, and Mr. jand Mrs. W.-C. Perry. The ceremonies opened with members of the . troop repeating the scout oath They were led by Patrol Leader Ray Wilde. 3H AR PATROL PRAISED Following the awards, Judge Tuttle in an informal address praised the Bear patrol for its prowess in obtaining third prize in the camporee recently held at Auburn. He stated that he believed that District Scout Committee would soon be in a po. Sition to purchase additional equipsway. Hallowe'en; automobile ndows with soap and candle ing. up fenees, hiding . Bands of youthful celebrants held defacing show windshieds and gates: of ment for the troop, and that the committee is contemplating the erection of a log lodge Within the city as a meeting hall and home. He announcthat Mr. schools McGinnis, a teacher in the here is heiping in with Thé following awards.were made: MERIT BADGE AWARDS Ray Wilde, Athletics, First Aid: Albert Pratti, ming, Wood scoutmaster’s duties Interpreting, SwimCarving. Walter Brown, Leathercraft. Nathanial Robins, First Aida. SCOUT TROOP: the trgopi Gold Order Puts 2000 More Miners To Work The State Division of Mines re-. county follows: H inity fis porting to Governor Rolph on No-' Trinity, 75; Lassen, . PP ET ES : ary ? > : < vember 1, states that 2,000 men have'l he sdichins aati "5; Butte, 90; Saas. 3 oe ,. . 60; Sierra, 45; Placer, 100; El Dofound employment in the mining in-; rado, 105; Amador, 42: Calaveras dustry since President Franklin D. 25; Tuol&mne, 200; Mariposa, 134, Roosevelt issued his order on Sep-. and Sacramento 60= r : : : Pt we iaghnk tp perenne cia Cp Orernes . In some cases, mines which had to obtain the world price for gold. 5: been closed have beén reopened with the better prospects of profitable operation, afforded by the increased Siskiyou, 75; ~ The actual figures submitted show 2,031 men-newly employed in a ‘little less than two months. gold prices. In the Idaho Maryland mine: in ; eee 0 Nevada county, 100 men have been put to 'work as the result Of the orNEW MINT RULES der, while in theentire county, re-. e employment has been provided for an . ! estimated total of 305 men. The number of men returned to . ; work in each California gold mining . The government’s gold marketing * s ; Ss £ & regulations now permit the small . sold prospectors to sell their gold te state licensed bullion buyers without source FOREST SERVICE ‘the affidavits, showing the t acre date of mining, beine notaried. : ¢ . While the new rules are almost ‘identical with the former regulations SIERRA CO. ROADS they now permit the bullion buyers to turn in their purchases with affi-. davits sworn to by the-buyers them— About fifty men are now employed selves, listing the names and localiton roads in the Downievills section les of the prospectors from whom which were supplied by the National they purchased the gold. ,~ke-employment Program. Producers who still .ship: their Two road camps have been estab-. 801d divectly to the mint will still he. lished in Sierra county by Forest SuTeauired to make out affidavits. pervisor. R. UL. P. Bigelow of the TaThis new culing will affect thoushoe National Forest. ands of California's small gold snipThe first project. now. is working eee ; : ise men on the Wild Plum-Haypress On the oth hantkthe goid buyer road léadine-from thé Yuba Pass has to’ 4 all-mint charges. in .ad; a ; Clemens Organ, Bookbinding. Eirewhich, along with. ash eans: many! : Zan, oO inding, Igire se ° : : ee j Manship. ; Will probably be ‘lost for some-j; a a —. eee ADVANCEMENT BADGES . . First Class Badges awarded to Merchanis who hired boys to eleai ; Mick Tuttle and Rob Smail. ttheir wit Ws after: the ‘‘celebra-: + 3 } their may) alter ¢ ‘ lebre Life Seout 3adges awarded to tion,”’. did.so inthe hope that. the =< boys. hired had: no hand in . them Avith candle grease. . . Some people that were complain the police failed policemen, and a great many were engaged in the merry pasttime, man, told of the of giving people. who sleep o’ nights One way to avoid the expense and H annoyance of Hallowe'en pranks tried ! with relative suceess in other cities . Committee Monday evening in is to invite boys. and girls to, Chamber of Commerce, many Hallowe'en parties, given un-. . rs 7 der the auspices of churches, thereby turning their youthful berance, energy and publie peace and safety. _— 09 Salt two Lake City, Utah, returned for the past weeks, home rd there in regard to a trial. daubing ! inclined to; Patrol of Troop 6 as a }a lot of trouble. There were too many boys and too few policemen . and spoke of for this occasion. . frater. nal societies and civic organizations, . exudiszegard of property rights into channels as fully satisfynige to the boys.and girls themselves, and much. more conductive to George Lysterup, who has been in Wednesday evening. He was a former resident of Salt Lake City and was eall‘Scouts Albert Pratti.and Ray Wilde. A cloth the form of a j letter “B” was awarded to the Bear

emblem in reward Horace A, Curnow, district chairinterest members of: the Nevada City Scout Committee . were taking in the work of the troop the proposed . mentioned by Judge Tuttle. DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEBTS At the meeting of District plans the . miles long. for: vice in. winning third place at the Camporee their duty, but there are only two held at Auburn October 21, 1933 a ‘ It follows up Haypress Creek where boys . the ways andj means of providing a home for the Boy Scout troop or troops of Nevada City, were animatedly discussed. It} had been suggested that the eost of } building a log hut of ample propor-f tions would-be comparatively action so. that building ‘might be completed . in time for winter use. . At present, the committee mem-i bers admitted, me eting places for the boys aré not suitable for their: purposes, and that somewhat uncertain Horace A, the tenure. Curnow, committee, chairman of . district presided at’ the meeting. ease it beeame a_ public building, owned by the fire depart-. ment, but the firemen’s committee . gram is that if cain be were confident they could care for] yaiseq and io'd at a high level both that. . here and 7}: oad, there will be an auE. J. N. Ott stated that he was cer-! tomatie djusiment which will carry tain that $500 could be raised in a ; domestic commodity prices upward as very short time by public subscripwell. Higher prices is the first obtion. jective of the president's recovery A meeting of the entire fire deprogram. : partment will be called for this evePoe ELMER FORD ACCUSED $31.52, the day. before. The theory behind Roosevelt's progold prices ning, and at that time it is expected a committee to carry on the fund aisi rive, ill b 2d. bs : pins Aa OF DRUNKEN DRIVING Ada Rich, . $85; W. G.° Robson, a : : $125; George H. Calanan, $20: E. M. Foley, $12.50; Miles D. Coughlan, $12.50. C. Jeffery, $65; Herbert NEVADA CITY AND SAN JUAN GRIDDERS TO MEET Coach Bev. Barron is giving the Nevada City high gridders snappy workouts each evening now. He is developing a new shift, and believes its timing by the time the game with ‘ that.the team will be proficient in. Mrs. Gloria Spiers, grand rdpresenSan Juan rots around tomorrow ate. tative of Woodcraft ternoon on San Juan’s campus. {who came up from Fair Oaks,, SacraHe is devoting a large part-“of each ; mento county, to attend cevening’s An information has been filed in the Nevada County Superior Court by District Attorney W. RE. Wright against Elmer Ford of Forest Hill, Placer county, who is charged with driving an automobile while. intoxicated. The car driven by Ford side-swiped a car driven by Westly Davis of Sacramento on the below Grass Valley recently. ‘ ‘ ; } . t ! oO 0 ig Neighbors of a session of} and; Champion Cirele, is spending,a few blocking. With one or two exceptions} days’ in Nevada City with Mr. the line up will exercise to defense and ; probably be the same, Mrs. William Kervin. Mrs. Spiers and! as that of last Friday when the team, Mrs. Kervin were once residents of, ‘vent down to defeat before the hefty . Tonopah, Nevada and are enjoying a. eleven of Grass Valley. ! visit together. ‘ , Nevada County Fights . ne . . i Depression With Gold} In round figures Nevada last year produced gold valued at $3,424,000, in round figures, in this war Nevada county is standing high among’ the gold producing sections of the world. The ‘Bureau of Mines reports that California produced worth of metals in 193 : ‘ela : . Ke Gold’production in the state last $8 a8 a gold producer. year‘totaled 569,166.99 “fine ounces, against 523,135.09 in 1931, but the Auburn highway, Production of other metals declined . sharply. On'y 493,533 county , fifty-two, last; Ounces from quartz mines and 5,011 year. Evrey ounce produced is bullet . ounces: aimed at Old Man Depression, “And. 176,123 valued at $3,424,000 leads the! every county in the state by a wide front rank of the fighters, leading ; margin. Sacramento with its placer all other counties of California, and . production of 101,599 ounces, . ond, and Amador with its big output’ . ' . fine ounros as) silver Was produced against 867,913, in .I3%, only [email protected] pound: . o. has been short _of water for operat-j mines is second with 63,262 ounces. : $12,066,750. Tulare county with a production of . produced gold. Nevada! county reports production of 171;412 from placer. This total of is se fromthe Kennedy and Argonaut 6.80 ounces is at the foot of the RAINFALL HELPS GRAVEL es The French Corral gravel mine! copper against. 12,931,955. only 2,-,ing thelr drag line ana trommel, but } £17,416 (ho 7256: pounds of and last year no gine was duced 159,865 pounds of that metal. lead against 3,-; since the heavy rain mined while in 1931 Califernia pro--etentwaier forall of this. week it . : ~ . 4 Sos . itreported ‘that there. will be sulfi. ¢ needs. tz Six men are-steadily eniployed , creation center and fishermen’s paradise. Haypress Creek is“one of the even these are 4 road will. be started as soon as the camp, dian Valley is completed. This road will be six miles long. It will start at the North Fork of the American river highway bridge and go down the river on.the north bank to Slate Creek. It will open up an inaccessiMINE AT FRENCH CORRAL . cs: were i: is now auneat concn region. at Creek road near Sierra City to the Ridenvance of the gold being ‘wertified to Valley where the R.F. C. The mint will netify as it will connect with a road to Weber to the amount of the charges, and Lake and Trudite.--The rood being HNtiT they receivespostal. money ser. constructéd is approximately Place in Havypress i-2er nine, ders, (no personal checks), or cash, # meyty phe amou f charges were . The. Haypress road, lone needed : : ¥ gree BS ste ore e i ro ctp Py ‘ = ‘by the Tahoe National Forest SerC°@Rcthd frpm the gold and ae aes has a connecting link between 22° sent to the buyer. These ss nay : es runs from $1.25 t 2.58. Sierra City and Hanness Pass road. ®£ un{ fro $ 0 $ a The length of time between receipt there is a fine stand of timber: and through a lightening” zone territory inite, but will be handled as expediwhere the forest service had to extiously as possib tinguish numerous fires. Men fight-: ing on these fires have had to travel bentures of the R. F. C. These can afoot or horseback a number of miles be discotinted at the Federal Reserve to get to them. This road will. aid Se bank and cash realized,. in holding these ‘fires to a small area I ‘othes words, the Reconstruction by apick transportation. “Finance Corporation sends you ‘a 90 \YRECREATION CENTER “4 day note for the gold and these notes Sierra City is fast becoming 4 re-} can be in the banks on Payment is~ made in 90 days dediscounted the day of receipt. eR geet AEE Ts AO zood fighing ‘streams SKLELUB WILL : f that region. we This roadwill giy easy: "A CCABE*tO the fishermen Apd will, also give the campers a god road to travel -over to Wild Pim Forest Service camp ground -which is extensively used by campers during the summer season. . A There will be a meeting of the Ski Twelve men are employed on the! Club this evening in the Nevada City Empire Ranch road which leads from . Chamber of Downieville to the Middle Fork of . Club State that it the North Fork of the Yuba river. . is imperative that evety member of This road will be about five miles the club be present to discuss and to . ' Pie aee ge” Commerce assembly room, leaders leng when completed. decide upon a winter program. EMPIRE RANCH ROAD There will also be an election of a The Empire Ranch road opens up. 2€W president. an area north east of Downieville, It is reported that the Ski where the Forest Service has had. Club “last year earned approximately numerous fires and it has been slow and difficult work to transport men to them. As a result of this handi$1,000, and that this year. should show larger receipts and stil] larger attendance at the winter sports » cap most of these fires have become . Which are now céntered at the club large ones and. were costly for the Forest Service to suppress. This road will ter in a dangerous fire region. Incidentally this road will be an aid to the miners in this region and will also open up to automobile traffic some very good fishing. house. Marysville, Sacramento and all valley towns within their immediate vicinity, look on the Ski-course as one,.of the best in the Sierras and have patronized it liberally. But thus farnothing has been done toward providing winter sports lovers with .a program. It is especially urged that every member attend tonight's: meeting. ce make transportation much fasThe Indian Valley-Slate Creek which is being built at Inespecially the Forest City road from ‘Freeman's Crossing to Forest City. Work will be done from Freeman’s a rough stretch of road and needs considerable betterment. A road ts also planned to Hess Peak near North San Juan where it is planned to place a Forest Service lookout sta tion. The men will be used, however, 2 Waar . on “hazard reduction work, e NEW CAMP TO OPEN fire breaks on points, feliin it is expected work will soon start, which are a . hazard dc 7 another Nv I. R. A; camp of aps) @learing for fire brea sort men in case one starts in this AIDPANNERS — he ‘shipments will be held up. oo ot shipment and payment is indef+ MEET TONIGHT Crossing to Oregon House which ts a sroximately 30. men at the Oregon _constructing ‘and — opening camp sround near Freeman's! trails in the Moonshine rgg General softening of the markets for the property and .the company is . Crossing in Ytba county, This camp . All of -this work. is the baser metals was recorded in jnaking a-goed showing in gold fre-. has ot yet been approved. but. it. is. .0 aid i; né re-e syn 1982. J ; ‘}eovery. Ben Maddox is wraastasaas! expected to be shortly, At this cam . ohiehap rt of t \ Thirty-eight counties, of the state’s dent. oer ‘. there will be several roads it oY