October 12, 1936 (4 pages)

Thinking Out Loud COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and county to grow in and prosperity. By subscribing to, a advertising in the Nugget, therefe you help yourself. evada City H. M. L. . We wish to apologize for miscalling T. Van deKoolwyk in the news articlé relating to the city council’s refusal of a license for his gambling or roulette wheel enterprise in Friday’s paper. We have heard his Name. several times on various octhat of the great artist Van DeGogh who painted beautifully ‘but ‘was otherwise a bit dippy. We apologize pa to the shades of the artist. Of course, Van deKoolwyk’s name is not important. A rose by any. other Dame would smell as sweet. His con“rsation, the charm of his manners, his zeal in the high cause of entertainment for the lonesome and the forlorn, the zest he displays in finding an outlet for the energies of free spenders, his. solicitude for business uplift in Nevada City only exceeded by his desire to “wake tha old town up,” all these having nothing to do with his name. But regarding his decision that the ‘fold’ town needs. waking up,” this writer or members of the Nugget staff had never heard any loud clamor for a wide-open, lively, bustling, gambling city until Van (for shorty blew in with , his roulette wheel scheme ‘to transfer, sucker money from the pockets of the idle to the pockets of the busy in: Nevada City. The part of Van in affecting this transfer has been consistently soft-pedaled during his entire conversational campaign. But somewhere along the line of this money transit we are morally certain that he proposes to give the sucker money a vigorous Chinese squeeze. In other words, it is a costly business to set up as an impressario of pure unadulterated pleasure and ‘‘amusément.’’ There must be a auid pro quo. Every penney that passed over the gaming tables, we suspect, would be clipped squarely across throat of Abraham Linco. Half the of it might go to the busy merchants and then again it might not. As for the sucker. he would gain ‘‘amusement’ but probably lose his shirt. On Thursday evening the majority of the city council and the mayor -politely stood their ground. They held that there was nothing upon which they could act, since the city attorney had declared the: game, ‘roulétte or hotcha or what have you, rb icarly illegal, and that the council by granting such a license would become criminally: involved. It was in vain ,that Van ran. conversational Peucies.around all the speakers. It was in vain .that .Nevada. City’s sporting element were out in force to applaud and boo, as the verbal battle waxed and waned. The mayor and majority of the council sustained by the tax paying and home building people of Nevada City remained unmoved by Van’s chancy eloquence. Actually Nevada City must choose whether it will go the way of.a large number of other cities in California which have surrendered, boots and baggage, to the unstable and sporting elements, or continue a decent little city inwhich to build homes and bring up children, Either the tax payers will run the town or the tin horn f gamiblers and the sports will. In towns. which have so surrendered thé procedure is simple.} Either the city trasury is enriched by extraordinary license fees imposed on “‘pleasure”’ giving gentry with their glad consent, or there is a Gprecular pay-off to the chief of police and others who could make trouble for the lads who forget to grease their palms. Those are two ways, and the only two, that illegal games are tolerated anywhere in California. This city has Chief Garfield Robson to thank for keeping the town reasonably clean of crooks, professional gamblers and. swindlers. That the law: breaking fraternity would like to see him ousted is an excellent reason for keeping him on the job. Few of these ‘parasites find lodgment here for even a ‘short time. Most of them do not even hesitate here. With them, it is on to Reno or Marysville. When the chief asks them pleasantly: ‘‘Are you on your way?’ it usually develops that they are. Some of them even leave a lot unfinished business, so to speak. Bills unpaid, suckers that cried for trimming, untrimmed. Departure seems healthy and expedient and so oe depart. All things considered, the rapid growth of the city in the last three years, and the general character of camp followers that the mining industry inevitably attracts, casions and it always sounded like :Vol. 10, No. 95. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, OCTOBER tz; 1936. FREE WILL TALK AT REPUBLICAN RALLY TONIGHT There, will be a Repwblican dinner and rally in Bret Harte Inn this evening in Grass Valley. The speaker will tbe former Congressman Free of San Jose who for many years represented the eighth California district in the House of Representatives. Republicans from all the outlying districts will attend the dinner and this will be followed by the evening program to which all republican organizations of the county are cordially invited. Paul Ulrich, County Republican Central Committee, will preside, BILL MITCHELL HEADS BANNER MT. POST At a meeting Thursday evening, Banner Mt. Post. V. F. W., elected the following officers for the coming year, Bill Michell, president; Glen Cleland, St. Vice; Bert Wilmerton, Jr. Vice; Ed Rose, quartermaster; C. Fertig, chaplain; Earl Raymond judge advocate. Bill Mitchell and‘*Ed Rose motored to Sacramento.Sunday and conferred with the different posts in regard to a joint installation, but it was decided to hold the installation at a future date in Nevada City for the loeal post. REPUBLICANS IN VICTORY MARCH esd &% Ad Bt B. Ay Cassidy, Republican’ campaign* dirctor for this California Congressional district, returns fro a trip through the district, enthusjiastic over the prospect of a substantial, Republican majority in November. The gordial reception of the Republican platform by the young men of the district, the willingness of the housewife to get out and work for lower taxes and the increasing .readiness of anti-New Deal Democrats to align themselves in obedTownsend’s advice, to are given by Mr. his optimience to Dr. vote for Lantion, Cassidy as the basis for ism. The different counties organized by precincts and ual registrants are visited. Public meetings are well attended and great entusiasm greets’ the. speakers, In the mining districts with the gold price, in mind, the miners say the Morganthau’s claim that his ef forts toward international currency stabilfzation) at) ¢the present level were responsible for France’s devaluation of the frane to bring it into line with the dollar and the 4+-pound is just so much_ political “nk. Since wh@@, they ask, did the communists of France put Morganthau in a position to decide anything for the Blum government? The Young Republicans, says Mr. Cassidy, are attracted by the Republicean promise to return to and to maintain constitutional government. The housewives protest against the higher taxes on foods, clothing and other necessities, to meet the costs of extravagant government, and approve Republican proposals to cut administration costs. The farmers are weary of the dreams, of Wallace’ and are convineed that Landon’s' plans for ; , farm adjustment are souyitl, sane and workable. are being individ” CORRECTION In a recent issue of the Nugget it was erroneously stated that Hal D. Draper was the superintendent of the Stockton Hill mone, located near Auburn on the /Grass Valley highway. Hal D. Draper is an assayer and chemist located in Nevada City and represents the Sullivan Machinery Company.’ The suparintendent of the Stockton Hill mine is Marshall Draper, who is at the Auburn hotel in Auburn. The two men are cousins. Mary Bennett came up from Stanford to spend*the week end wita _ Nevada: City has been reasonably well poHeed under Chief Robson. with the Jeffersonians and, the tend-} . eney of the Townsendites, SMALL WOOD MOUSE KILLS FOUR SNAKES Don Clayton, who is spending the summer at the Peetigrew mine on has a story for the pen of Ripley’s ‘‘Believe it or Not.’’ that, were it not for the fact that the details are vouched for by ‘five credible witnesses, would, no doubt, ‘be listed with the Irishman’s giraffe: “There ain’t no such animal.’’ Don capfured a rattlesnake recently, and to keep His Reptilian Majesty company, added garter, wattre and king snakes to his collection. The four dwelt. in apparent harmony, evidently under truce-in their confinement. Setting a trap one evening to catch a live meal for his zoo, Don snaPed a small wood mouse; hoping to see it ‘‘charmed’’ by one of the quartet, dropped it through a small aperature in the top of the box cage. Mr. Rattler coiled and drew back to strike the instant Mr. Mouse hit the raed of the cage; but instead of striking, he thrust his head forward carefully, studied the ‘‘meal’’ for a moment and then withdrew to a far corner of the cage. None of the other guests appeared to give the mouse a thought. The following morning Don discovered that Mr. Garter, Mr. King and Mrs. Water Snake were completely dead, their heads having been neatly severed from their bodsenser says, ies, apparently by Mr. Mouse, who was busily engaged in gnawing the rattles off Mr. Rattler, who was so nearly dead Don had to’kill him. Figure it out for yourself. MRS RUCKNER IS thee & be B® AEScbD HURT IN CRASH While enroute pol couple, near to wed a SebastoNorth San Juan yesterday afternoon, the Rev. and Mrs. H,: H.< Buekner, were involved in an accident in which Mrs. Buckner suffered painful injuries. The tev. Buckner got out of their car to open a gate. Mrs. Buckner slid over into the driver’s seat to drive the car through the gate. Something occurred which put the car out of control -and it plunged 100 feet down the grade into a tree. Mrs. Buckner was unconscious for half an hour. Her ankle was broken and her face cut in four places from her eye glasses. Help was almost immediately available and in response to a phone call, A. Me Holmes sent his ambulance and Mrs. Buckner was brought to her home in this city, where she is now confined to her bed under the care of Dr. Harry March. DEATH SUMMONS ANNIE BYRNE Miss Annie Byrne passed away at 9:15 Saturday evening in Grass Valley. She had ‘been ill for some time, ‘but the news of her passing came as a surprise to her friends. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Byrne and. was born on Gold Flat, south of Nevada City. She has resided in California all her life. Left to mourn_her pass‘ing are a niece, Mrs. “Margaret Byrne, grand tiephew, John Byrne, and a grand niece. ‘Miss Byrne ‘was a graduate of St. Mary’s academy in Grass Valley and the state university. She wrote for the Sunset Magazine during the war. She was a member of Laurel Parlor N. D. G. W. of Nevada City and a former trustee of the order. W. R. Jefford and Son funeral parlor in Grass Valley have charge of funeral arrangements. Services will be held at the Catholic church in Nevada City, Wednesday at 10 a. m. CIVIC CLUB NOTICE The regular meeting of the Civic Club will be held = at the Brand Studio tonight. All mebbers urged to attend. MRS. H. M. LEETE, President. Mrs. Beverly C. Barron, Secretary. ty, the North Fork the Mountain Mes-' s n r a E m M in fo pleted at the City Belle Grove street in this city in the last few days. ded. A sbustantial gallows frame is over a new . down about 20 feet. shoot away waste and when milling ore is mined a larger chute will be built so as to load into trucks at the road side. 4 skip today to be used to hoist the waste. An old tunnel on Deer creek drifted on the ledge and ood grade milling ore was mined years ago. It is stated the tunnel. came too near the suirface causing caves and the Sac Cecil Schiffner of San Rafa Robert Schiffner of Nevad her parents: Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett. were week end guests of their par-' ents Mr. and Mrs. Otte a Schiffner. ment, ing, for ially Nevada County Alpha Stores, were notable attractions. show Saturday much favorable comment. The Baru Dance Saturday evening drew a large crowd. GRAND RANGER AT GARFIELD LODGE F. OF A. Grand Chief Ranger Walter HorPythian anger side regular cial enjoyed. Nevada te ternoon office, down o’eclock. Though Gregory was not seriously in‘COUNTRY FAIR GREAT SUCCESS The country fair was an amuseeducational and financial success according to Christian Anderin the charge of the program. The gross receipts were $275. The attendance was considerably larger than The choral singing ‘of high and srammar school students. under the direction of Mrs, Carl Libby was a notable feature and the musical selections of the Nevada school band, L. E. Sweeney directwere also much appreciated by the music loving public. The exhibit of the WU. S. Forestry Service ats tracted wide attention. phone apparatus and portable pumps forest fire fighting were especinteresting. The exhibit. of the Lumber company, Ranch The horse elicited on last year. re Loma _ Rica afternoon ber and Grand _ Secretary Frank Zelich of the Foresters of America will make the annual grand chiefs visit to Garfield Lodge F. of A. totheir Castle. ight: at regular Will meeting at Jeffery, the meeting. Following the business of the order a sotime and Mr. City ts of the lodge. at Horber res WOMEN’S COALITION TO MEET TOMORROW Independent Coalition of American women will meet tomorrow af:80 o’clock in the Hoge to organize for The at 2 Broad street, vigorous campaign for Landon and Knox during the remaining three weeks of the campaign. Mrs. H. P. Davis urges all members and. all those interested in the coalition objective to be present. DRUNKEN DRIVER HITS PEDESTRIAN, GOES TO JAIL Mrs. IL. by an llis Lind, ine, Saturday night at. about nine greatly shocked, automobile driven rs. jured. Lind was lodged in the countv jail by Chief of Police-W. &G. son, ing. He will be arraigned in the justice court tomorrow morning. a4 Bal. . on a charge of drunken drivLind crashed through the railing on the fill at the corner of Washezton and Coyote streets near the residence of George H. Calanan, and landed in the vacant lot above the side walk. Mrs. Gregory was eared r in the Calanan home. CIrry BELLE PROPERTY The hoist house has been commine on The hoist is being instalincline shaft which is A small ore in the headframe will~carry Mr. J. T. Allen is building“a work was st ped. Misses” Jane Kingdon, . Virginia ' and Helen-Jean Torbend, all dents of the College of the Pacific, spent the week end with Miss Military Academy. and Delbert and. Helen Arbogast, their college mate, State, at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Cary Arbogast. All re-! turned to college this morning. City high Light telechief of Garfield Lodge, will prerefreshments will be will remain-in several days in the inB. Gregory was knocked by miner at the Zeibright IMPROVEMENTS ON many more tourists and homeseekers are visiting this city: zles, about a half block of street. They were from Washing‘5n. there were cars from Washington, D. €., and one from -New York the 60, yellow figures on black, much the same,as California’s; and there was one from far away Hawail. WAR VETERANS ORGANIZE, BACK LANDON. KNOX Indicative of the state-wide movement of war veterans to unite their forces behind Alfred M. Landon and Frank Knox, the organization of five important northern ‘counties veterans clubs was completed yesterday. These include the election of the following chairman: Joseph J. Leonard, Vallejo; Samuel S. Ripley, of Richmond; Gene Florintine, Yountville; Harold McCollom, Woodland, Colonel H. H. Brown, Sacramento. Northern California veterans’ activities are proceeding under the direction of Dr. L. J. Anderson Placerville, past commander, AmLegion: area erican DRIVERS LICENSE t +4 DENIED TA 4000 12.failed to and this SACRAMENTO, Dek. 4000 persons in California pass their tests for operators? chauffeurs’. licenses in August year. Three hundred and ninety nine were definitely refused and 3,684-instruction permits were given to those wishing to learn to drive, according to figures just released by the State Motor Vehicle Department. During the month 81,640 applications were filed in the state, an inerease of 12.6 per cent over August of last year, Paul Mason, chief of the Division of Drivers’ Licenses, said in his monthly report to Ray Ingels, director of the department. There were 768 suspensions and 241 revocations of licenses, the report said, while 228 licenses were restored: Thirteen warnings were issued to habitaual traffic violators and fifty seven persons lost their licenses because of multiple accidents or for being habitual violators. PROBATION FOR SELLING LIQUOR TOINDIANS SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12.—Federal Judge’ Harold Louderback has warn[ l-were recovered Mr, Robson ed that the government will impose severe sentences on persons convicted of selling liquor to Indians. The judge commented to this effect Saturday in denying a petition by Lloyd Sawyers of Covelo, Mendocino county, for a modification of his sentence. a Sawyers is to serve two months in the county jail and pay a fine of $100 for selling whisky to Indians. At the same tite, however, proMrs. Helen Landry of Nevada City, Nevada eounty who pleaded gulity to the same charge. She is the proprietor of the Montana Cafe. Probation was recommended by United States Probation Officer Charles Upton. CHARGED WITH THEFT Chief of Police. Garfield Robson arrested Donald Usery, 20 years of age, at his home Sunday morning, and locked him in thecounty jail. The officer stated he stole the pocket book of Miss Katherine Stephens at Armory: Hall Saturday evenng. The }pocket book and ~~ said: charge will be placed against nen Audrey Davis of ithe University of her mother in Nevada City. HIGHWAY EAST OF CITY With improvements of the Tahoe Ukiah highway east ‘of Nevada City interested Several weeks ago it was noted there. were five out of;' state cars parked between Hitchins and GrizBroad Oregon, Utah, Colorado. Last week later carrying license number 1V70--Nearly ‘RISING TAYE S. bation for one’year was granted to, HIGH STUDENTS — WILL EDIT NEXT FRIDAY’S NUGGET High school students, boys and girls, the future citizens of this country will next Friday take charge of the Nevada City Nugget, write the news, editorials, human interest — stories and personal mention. It will be a educational experience, for the students in the English courses, the staffs of the Searchlight and the Quill, to be sure, but the editor of the Nugget also hopes to learn something about what the younger generation regards as news. This innovation was suggested by Newspaper Week, which .ends today. Many papers in California, threefourths of which are members of the California Newspaper Publishers association, for one edition turned their newspaper over to some civic, club or school organization. It will ibe interesting to see and to study these exchanges when they arrive in due time through the mails. FORMER RESIDENTS ARE VICTIMS OF CAR CRASH Charles Deeble of are visiting Mrs. Mrs. Dave Richards, in Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Deeble are former Nevada City residents and, enjoy visiting here. When returning from a vacation, they had their car wrecked on road 40, both miraculously escaping injury. This is the second auto accident for Mrs. Deeble and the third for Mr.’ Deeble. He stated the third should be the and there Should be no Mr. and Mie: Chas San Francisco Deeble’s sister charm more auto accidents for them, i NOT PRICE CHTS MENACE GOLD The miner of gold need have nofear of a reduction in the price of his product. The United States, Brit-ain and France are in accord on the present fixation of world currencies and there will be no change downward in the value of gold. It may go up, but money experts agree that . it cannot be made to go down, without most serious: financial dislocations which. all nations now and always want to avoid. These facts were set forth in an address to the recent meeting of the ~ Northern California Mining Congress at Yreka by Claude M. Chapin of the Mining and Industrial News. The real menace to the mining industry, said Mr. Chapin, is in rising taxes. Rising taxes, necessary to meet government spending mean the higher costs for lumber, steel, chem_ icals, equipment and maehinery. This all means that it costs more to produce an ounce of gold and this increase cannot be mét by raising the price to the consumer because the only consumer is the governmegt and the government fixes the price of sold.Ada ‘to this burden the weight of state taxes, county taxes, income Aaxes and the tax on surplus earnings and the plight of the gold miner can be appreciated. The remedy, says Mr Chapin, is in lower governs — ment costs and exemption from general tax laws, applied to other industries. Leland Smith, head of the grazing department of the Tahoe National Forest, left Nevada City today for Reno, Nevada, to join a group of ofcicials to make plans-for soil conservation work under the AAA. ] expects to be gone two days. land, students at University of Callfornia, spent the week end in th city with their parents, returnin home last evening. : The Holmes Funeral Home ance was called into service Sunday. The first call dwas Emigrant Gap where a man we! er the. grade with a truck. He moved to a hospital in. the afternoon the ambuw called to North S: Mrs, H. H. Buck California spent the week end with City Sanitarium and . to her mame

Thinking Out Loud COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA city and county to grow in and prosperity. By subscribing to, a advertising in the Nugget, therefe you help yourself. evada City H. M. L. . We wish to apologize for miscalling T. Van deKoolwyk in the news articlé relating to the city council’s refusal of a license for his gambling or roulette wheel enterprise in Friday’s paper. We have heard his Name. several times on various octhat of the great artist Van DeGogh who painted beautifully ‘but ‘was otherwise a bit dippy. We apologize pa to the shades of the artist. Of course, Van deKoolwyk’s name is not important. A rose by any. other Dame would smell as sweet. His con“rsation, the charm of his manners, his zeal in the high cause of entertainment for the lonesome and the forlorn, the zest he displays in finding an outlet for the energies of free spenders, his. solicitude for business uplift in Nevada City only exceeded by his desire to “wake tha old town up,” all these having nothing to do with his name. But regarding his decision that the ‘fold’ town needs. waking up,” this writer or members of the Nugget staff had never heard any loud clamor for a wide-open, lively, bustling, gambling city until Van (for shorty blew in with , his roulette wheel scheme ‘to transfer, sucker money from the pockets of the idle to the pockets of the busy in: Nevada City. The part of Van in affecting this transfer has been consistently soft-pedaled during his entire conversational campaign. But somewhere along the line of this money transit we are morally certain that he proposes to give the sucker money a vigorous Chinese squeeze. In other words, it is a costly business to set up as an impressario of pure unadulterated pleasure and ‘‘amusément.’’ There must be a auid pro quo. Every penney that passed over the gaming tables, we suspect, would be clipped squarely across throat of Abraham Linco. Half the of it might go to the busy merchants and then again it might not. As for the sucker. he would gain ‘‘amusement’ but probably lose his shirt. On Thursday evening the majority of the city council and the mayor -politely stood their ground. They held that there was nothing upon which they could act, since the city attorney had declared the: game, ‘roulétte or hotcha or what have you, rb icarly illegal, and that the council by granting such a license would become criminally: involved. It was in vain ,that Van ran. conversational Peucies.around all the speakers. It was in vain .that .Nevada. City’s sporting element were out in force to applaud and boo, as the verbal battle waxed and waned. The mayor and majority of the council sustained by the tax paying and home building people of Nevada City remained unmoved by Van’s chancy eloquence. Actually Nevada City must choose whether it will go the way of.a large number of other cities in California which have surrendered, boots and baggage, to the unstable and sporting elements, or continue a decent little city inwhich to build homes and bring up children, Either the tax payers will run the town or the tin horn f gamiblers and the sports will. In towns. which have so surrendered thé procedure is simple.} Either the city trasury is enriched by extraordinary license fees imposed on “‘pleasure”’ giving gentry with their glad consent, or there is a Gprecular pay-off to the chief of police and others who could make trouble for the lads who forget to grease their palms. Those are two ways, and the only two, that illegal games are tolerated anywhere in California. This city has Chief Garfield Robson to thank for keeping the town reasonably clean of crooks, professional gamblers and. swindlers. That the law: breaking fraternity would like to see him ousted is an excellent reason for keeping him on the job. Few of these ‘parasites find lodgment here for even a ‘short time. Most of them do not even hesitate here. With them, it is on to Reno or Marysville. When the chief asks them pleasantly: ‘‘Are you on your way?’ it usually develops that they are. Some of them even leave a lot unfinished business, so to speak. Bills unpaid, suckers that cried for trimming, untrimmed. Departure seems healthy and expedient and so oe depart. All things considered, the rapid growth of the city in the last three years, and the general character of camp followers that the mining industry inevitably attracts, casions and it always sounded like :Vol. 10, No. 95. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center MONDAY, OCTOBER tz; 1936. FREE WILL TALK AT REPUBLICAN RALLY TONIGHT There, will be a Repwblican dinner and rally in Bret Harte Inn this evening in Grass Valley. The speaker will tbe former Congressman Free of San Jose who for many years represented the eighth California district in the House of Representatives. Republicans from all the outlying districts will attend the dinner and this will be followed by the evening program to which all republican organizations of the county are cordially invited. Paul Ulrich, County Republican Central Committee, will preside, BILL MITCHELL HEADS BANNER MT. POST At a meeting Thursday evening, Banner Mt. Post. V. F. W., elected the following officers for the coming year, Bill Michell, president; Glen Cleland, St. Vice; Bert Wilmerton, Jr. Vice; Ed Rose, quartermaster; C. Fertig, chaplain; Earl Raymond judge advocate. Bill Mitchell and‘*Ed Rose motored to Sacramento.Sunday and conferred with the different posts in regard to a joint installation, but it was decided to hold the installation at a future date in Nevada City for the loeal post. REPUBLICANS IN VICTORY MARCH esd &% Ad Bt B. Ay Cassidy, Republican’ campaign* dirctor for this California Congressional district, returns fro a trip through the district, enthusjiastic over the prospect of a substantial, Republican majority in November. The gordial reception of the Republican platform by the young men of the district, the willingness of the housewife to get out and work for lower taxes and the increasing .readiness of anti-New Deal Democrats to align themselves in obedTownsend’s advice, to are given by Mr. his optimience to Dr. vote for Lantion, Cassidy as the basis for ism. The different counties organized by precincts and ual registrants are visited. Public meetings are well attended and great entusiasm greets’ the. speakers, In the mining districts with the gold price, in mind, the miners say the Morganthau’s claim that his ef forts toward international currency stabilfzation) at) ¢the present level were responsible for France’s devaluation of the frane to bring it into line with the dollar and the 4+-pound is just so much_ political “nk. Since wh@@, they ask, did the communists of France put Morganthau in a position to decide anything for the Blum government? The Young Republicans, says Mr. Cassidy, are attracted by the Republicean promise to return to and to maintain constitutional government. The housewives protest against the higher taxes on foods, clothing and other necessities, to meet the costs of extravagant government, and approve Republican proposals to cut administration costs. The farmers are weary of the dreams, of Wallace’ and are convineed that Landon’s' plans for ; , farm adjustment are souyitl, sane and workable. are being individ” CORRECTION In a recent issue of the Nugget it was erroneously stated that Hal D. Draper was the superintendent of the Stockton Hill mone, located near Auburn on the /Grass Valley highway. Hal D. Draper is an assayer and chemist located in Nevada City and represents the Sullivan Machinery Company.’ The suparintendent of the Stockton Hill mine is Marshall Draper, who is at the Auburn hotel in Auburn. The two men are cousins. Mary Bennett came up from Stanford to spend*the week end wita _ Nevada: City has been reasonably well poHeed under Chief Robson. with the Jeffersonians and, the tend-} . eney of the Townsendites, SMALL WOOD MOUSE KILLS FOUR SNAKES Don Clayton, who is spending the summer at the Peetigrew mine on has a story for the pen of Ripley’s ‘‘Believe it or Not.’’ that, were it not for the fact that the details are vouched for by ‘five credible witnesses, would, no doubt, ‘be listed with the Irishman’s giraffe: “There ain’t no such animal.’’ Don capfured a rattlesnake recently, and to keep His Reptilian Majesty company, added garter, wattre and king snakes to his collection. The four dwelt. in apparent harmony, evidently under truce-in their confinement. Setting a trap one evening to catch a live meal for his zoo, Don snaPed a small wood mouse; hoping to see it ‘‘charmed’’ by one of the quartet, dropped it through a small aperature in the top of the box cage. Mr. Rattler coiled and drew back to strike the instant Mr. Mouse hit the raed of the cage; but instead of striking, he thrust his head forward carefully, studied the ‘‘meal’’ for a moment and then withdrew to a far corner of the cage. None of the other guests appeared to give the mouse a thought. The following morning Don discovered that Mr. Garter, Mr. King and Mrs. Water Snake were completely dead, their heads having been neatly severed from their bodsenser says, ies, apparently by Mr. Mouse, who was busily engaged in gnawing the rattles off Mr. Rattler, who was so nearly dead Don had to’kill him. Figure it out for yourself. MRS RUCKNER IS thee & be B® AEScbD HURT IN CRASH While enroute pol couple, near to wed a SebastoNorth San Juan yesterday afternoon, the Rev. and Mrs. H,: H.< Buekner, were involved in an accident in which Mrs. Buckner suffered painful injuries. The tev. Buckner got out of their car to open a gate. Mrs. Buckner slid over into the driver’s seat to drive the car through the gate. Something occurred which put the car out of control -and it plunged 100 feet down the grade into a tree. Mrs. Buckner was unconscious for half an hour. Her ankle was broken and her face cut in four places from her eye glasses. Help was almost immediately available and in response to a phone call, A. Me Holmes sent his ambulance and Mrs. Buckner was brought to her home in this city, where she is now confined to her bed under the care of Dr. Harry March. DEATH SUMMONS ANNIE BYRNE Miss Annie Byrne passed away at 9:15 Saturday evening in Grass Valley. She had ‘been ill for some time, ‘but the news of her passing came as a surprise to her friends. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Byrne and. was born on Gold Flat, south of Nevada City. She has resided in California all her life. Left to mourn_her pass‘ing are a niece, Mrs. “Margaret Byrne, grand tiephew, John Byrne, and a grand niece. ‘Miss Byrne ‘was a graduate of St. Mary’s academy in Grass Valley and the state university. She wrote for the Sunset Magazine during the war. She was a member of Laurel Parlor N. D. G. W. of Nevada City and a former trustee of the order. W. R. Jefford and Son funeral parlor in Grass Valley have charge of funeral arrangements. Services will be held at the Catholic church in Nevada City, Wednesday at 10 a. m. CIVIC CLUB NOTICE The regular meeting of the Civic Club will be held = at the Brand Studio tonight. All mebbers urged to attend. MRS. H. M. LEETE, President. Mrs. Beverly C. Barron, Secretary. ty, the North Fork the Mountain Mes-' s n r a E m M in fo pleted at the City Belle Grove street in this city in the last few days. ded. A sbustantial gallows frame is over a new . down about 20 feet. shoot away waste and when milling ore is mined a larger chute will be built so as to load into trucks at the road

side. 4 skip today to be used to hoist the waste. An old tunnel on Deer creek drifted on the ledge and ood grade milling ore was mined years ago. It is stated the tunnel. came too near the suirface causing caves and the Sac Cecil Schiffner of San Rafa Robert Schiffner of Nevad her parents: Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Bennett. were week end guests of their par-' ents Mr. and Mrs. Otte a Schiffner. ment, ing, for ially Nevada County Alpha Stores, were notable attractions. show Saturday much favorable comment. The Baru Dance Saturday evening drew a large crowd. GRAND RANGER AT GARFIELD LODGE F. OF A. Grand Chief Ranger Walter HorPythian anger side regular cial enjoyed. Nevada te ternoon office, down o’eclock. Though Gregory was not seriously in‘COUNTRY FAIR GREAT SUCCESS The country fair was an amuseeducational and financial success according to Christian Anderin the charge of the program. The gross receipts were $275. The attendance was considerably larger than The choral singing ‘of high and srammar school students. under the direction of Mrs, Carl Libby was a notable feature and the musical selections of the Nevada school band, L. E. Sweeney directwere also much appreciated by the music loving public. The exhibit of the WU. S. Forestry Service ats tracted wide attention. phone apparatus and portable pumps forest fire fighting were especinteresting. The exhibit. of the Lumber company, Ranch The horse elicited on last year. re Loma _ Rica afternoon ber and Grand _ Secretary Frank Zelich of the Foresters of America will make the annual grand chiefs visit to Garfield Lodge F. of A. totheir Castle. ight: at regular Will meeting at Jeffery, the meeting. Following the business of the order a sotime and Mr. City ts of the lodge. at Horber res WOMEN’S COALITION TO MEET TOMORROW Independent Coalition of American women will meet tomorrow af:80 o’clock in the Hoge to organize for The at 2 Broad street, vigorous campaign for Landon and Knox during the remaining three weeks of the campaign. Mrs. H. P. Davis urges all members and. all those interested in the coalition objective to be present. DRUNKEN DRIVER HITS PEDESTRIAN, GOES TO JAIL Mrs. IL. by an llis Lind, ine, Saturday night at. about nine greatly shocked, automobile driven rs. jured. Lind was lodged in the countv jail by Chief of Police-W. &G. son, ing. He will be arraigned in the justice court tomorrow morning. a4 Bal. . on a charge of drunken drivLind crashed through the railing on the fill at the corner of Washezton and Coyote streets near the residence of George H. Calanan, and landed in the vacant lot above the side walk. Mrs. Gregory was eared r in the Calanan home. CIrry BELLE PROPERTY The hoist house has been commine on The hoist is being instalincline shaft which is A small ore in the headframe will~carry Mr. J. T. Allen is building“a work was st ped. Misses” Jane Kingdon, . Virginia ' and Helen-Jean Torbend, all dents of the College of the Pacific, spent the week end with Miss Military Academy. and Delbert and. Helen Arbogast, their college mate, State, at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Cary Arbogast. All re-! turned to college this morning. City high Light telechief of Garfield Lodge, will prerefreshments will be will remain-in several days in the inB. Gregory was knocked by miner at the Zeibright IMPROVEMENTS ON many more tourists and homeseekers are visiting this city: zles, about a half block of street. They were from Washing‘5n. there were cars from Washington, D. €., and one from -New York the 60, yellow figures on black, much the same,as California’s; and there was one from far away Hawail. WAR VETERANS ORGANIZE, BACK LANDON. KNOX Indicative of the state-wide movement of war veterans to unite their forces behind Alfred M. Landon and Frank Knox, the organization of five important northern ‘counties veterans clubs was completed yesterday. These include the election of the following chairman: Joseph J. Leonard, Vallejo; Samuel S. Ripley, of Richmond; Gene Florintine, Yountville; Harold McCollom, Woodland, Colonel H. H. Brown, Sacramento. Northern California veterans’ activities are proceeding under the direction of Dr. L. J. Anderson Placerville, past commander, AmLegion: area erican DRIVERS LICENSE t +4 DENIED TA 4000 12.failed to and this SACRAMENTO, Dek. 4000 persons in California pass their tests for operators? chauffeurs’. licenses in August year. Three hundred and ninety nine were definitely refused and 3,684-instruction permits were given to those wishing to learn to drive, according to figures just released by the State Motor Vehicle Department. During the month 81,640 applications were filed in the state, an inerease of 12.6 per cent over August of last year, Paul Mason, chief of the Division of Drivers’ Licenses, said in his monthly report to Ray Ingels, director of the department. There were 768 suspensions and 241 revocations of licenses, the report said, while 228 licenses were restored: Thirteen warnings were issued to habitaual traffic violators and fifty seven persons lost their licenses because of multiple accidents or for being habitual violators. PROBATION FOR SELLING LIQUOR TOINDIANS SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12.—Federal Judge’ Harold Louderback has warn[ l-were recovered Mr, Robson ed that the government will impose severe sentences on persons convicted of selling liquor to Indians. The judge commented to this effect Saturday in denying a petition by Lloyd Sawyers of Covelo, Mendocino county, for a modification of his sentence. a Sawyers is to serve two months in the county jail and pay a fine of $100 for selling whisky to Indians. At the same tite, however, proMrs. Helen Landry of Nevada City, Nevada eounty who pleaded gulity to the same charge. She is the proprietor of the Montana Cafe. Probation was recommended by United States Probation Officer Charles Upton. CHARGED WITH THEFT Chief of Police. Garfield Robson arrested Donald Usery, 20 years of age, at his home Sunday morning, and locked him in thecounty jail. The officer stated he stole the pocket book of Miss Katherine Stephens at Armory: Hall Saturday evenng. The }pocket book and ~~ said: charge will be placed against nen Audrey Davis of ithe University of her mother in Nevada City. HIGHWAY EAST OF CITY With improvements of the Tahoe Ukiah highway east ‘of Nevada City interested Several weeks ago it was noted there. were five out of;' state cars parked between Hitchins and GrizBroad Oregon, Utah, Colorado. Last week later carrying license number 1V70--Nearly ‘RISING TAYE S. bation for one’year was granted to, HIGH STUDENTS — WILL EDIT NEXT FRIDAY’S NUGGET High school students, boys and girls, the future citizens of this country will next Friday take charge of the Nevada City Nugget, write the news, editorials, human interest — stories and personal mention. It will be a educational experience, for the students in the English courses, the staffs of the Searchlight and the Quill, to be sure, but the editor of the Nugget also hopes to learn something about what the younger generation regards as news. This innovation was suggested by Newspaper Week, which .ends today. Many papers in California, threefourths of which are members of the California Newspaper Publishers association, for one edition turned their newspaper over to some civic, club or school organization. It will ibe interesting to see and to study these exchanges when they arrive in due time through the mails. FORMER RESIDENTS ARE VICTIMS OF CAR CRASH Charles Deeble of are visiting Mrs. Mrs. Dave Richards, in Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Deeble are former Nevada City residents and, enjoy visiting here. When returning from a vacation, they had their car wrecked on road 40, both miraculously escaping injury. This is the second auto accident for Mrs. Deeble and the third for Mr.’ Deeble. He stated the third should be the and there Should be no Mr. and Mie: Chas San Francisco Deeble’s sister charm more auto accidents for them, i NOT PRICE CHTS MENACE GOLD The miner of gold need have nofear of a reduction in the price of his product. The United States, Brit-ain and France are in accord on the present fixation of world currencies and there will be no change downward in the value of gold. It may go up, but money experts agree that . it cannot be made to go down, without most serious: financial dislocations which. all nations now and always want to avoid. These facts were set forth in an address to the recent meeting of the ~ Northern California Mining Congress at Yreka by Claude M. Chapin of the Mining and Industrial News. The real menace to the mining industry, said Mr. Chapin, is in rising taxes. Rising taxes, necessary to meet government spending mean the higher costs for lumber, steel, chem_ icals, equipment and maehinery. This all means that it costs more to produce an ounce of gold and this increase cannot be mét by raising the price to the consumer because the only consumer is the governmegt and the government fixes the price of sold.Ada ‘to this burden the weight of state taxes, county taxes, income Aaxes and the tax on surplus earnings and the plight of the gold miner can be appreciated. The remedy, says Mr Chapin, is in lower governs — ment costs and exemption from general tax laws, applied to other industries. Leland Smith, head of the grazing department of the Tahoe National Forest, left Nevada City today for Reno, Nevada, to join a group of ofcicials to make plans-for soil conservation work under the AAA. ] expects to be gone two days. land, students at University of Callfornia, spent the week end in th city with their parents, returnin home last evening. : The Holmes Funeral Home ance was called into service Sunday. The first call dwas Emigrant Gap where a man we! er the. grade with a truck. He moved to a hospital in. the afternoon the ambuw called to North S: Mrs, H. H. Buck California spent the week end with City Sanitarium and . to her mame