October 18, 1937 (4 pages)

wag Thinking i This newspaper tries to be helpful in . «ul community enterprises that tend to make this a better placé to live. It seeks to stimulate a healthful grewth in business. Those who subscribe to, or advertise in the Nevada City Nugget join with it in this endeavor. Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA 9 marks, over the last five years or. ity, today advised Governor Merriam Northern California] even last year’s record — breaking . dence on the Nevada CityGrass Val-. As a matter of fact the family had : since 1933 this newspaper passed chat ‘(flows ihe opereice oh dhs and the bay area. volume and set still higher all-time ley highway of fur coats, jewelry and} spent Sunday in Reno and did returm 2 5 into its present ownership, and note Carauiuiée Bridge “are. prepared + “If the bridge operators hold such} marks ‘is substantiated by official . fire arms. shortly after 2 o’clock to discover Davee the remarkable progress Nevada 8g D vent °. opinions, we would take immediate,. National Park figures, it is pointed. _ It is believed that the robbery took) their house had been looted of many City and the county, too, have made onde reasonable purchase price on. specific and vigorous action to con-!out in a report by the Touring Buplace about one o’clock this morning. ! valuable things. in that time. ry their structure, I believe we should vince them of the errér of their ways. reau of the California State Auto. Out Loud H. M. L. In the old horse days, when the buggy team tired after a journey of 12 or 15 miles, it was common to hear impatient drivers remark that they had to sight by fence posts to see which way the team was traveling. But eventually they did arrive at their destinations, but not with , the punctuality that marks automobile appointments nowadays. Thus metaphorically, we can sight by landFive years ago there were employed in the county approximately 1300 miners. Today there are approximat-. The . Lieutenant who “The Toll Bridge Authority and ont , IT 7 ely 2600 men at work in the mines, . ®@™mered through a toll reduction. you; Department of Public Work ane er ee ape a . ‘Sa CAPAC Y on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay pe eee ee eee 18 Cale In this increase of employment undoubtedly lies the reason for all the other improvements which have been made in Nevada County in this period such as the practical doubling elie cane ap acnan the razing See pene Aedes: Bridge Authority has the power to. Yosemite broke all previous re-. i128 Dlant at the Zeibright mine, Emis. pany, controlled by Nevada and Canous : i i * ae : Ce counties. construct such a bridge and it now. cords With a total of 481,492 visitors. "ant Gap, were expected to bring. adian interests, has secured the Pena venerated fire trap, and the buildThe: County S Seat t Paper _NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center _MONDAY, “OCTOBER ‘18, "1937. BUY OLD BRIDGE, OR BUILD ONE URGES HATFIELD SAN FRANCISCO, ¢ Oct. 18.—Lieutenant Governor George J. Hatfield, a member of the Toll Bridge Authorproceed without delay to erect a state bridge to break the barrier of exhorbitant tolls which now exi8ts.”’ * Governor, Bridge soon after the big span was opened to traffic, charged that ‘‘exhorbitant tolls’ on the Carquinez Bridge are contrary to public interAnticipating a meeting of the Toll to sell their tratictine and rights to the state at a price which is fair to both the public and the company’s stockholders.’ Possibly they believe that the Toll Bridge Authority will cavillate and procrastinate and allow the problem to go unsolved. Perhaps they are of the opinion that the members of the Authority lack to a successful conclusion and remove this strangle-hold upon vehicle traffic between and to eliminate a condition which constitutes a rank imposition on the motoring public. shave ample authority to solve this problem. If the Carquinez Bridge cannot tbe purchased now at a fair price, a new bridge across Carquinez Straits should be built. The Tol} appears that a new bridge can be the determination to drive through . : NATIONAL PARKS REPORT PEAK IN Accuracy creational of predictions that travel by motorists in mobile Association. Travel records of National Parks in the state are reliable indication fornia this year, the report commented. Facts from travel reports for Yosemite, Lassen, and General Grant National Parks were cited as follows: during the 1937 travel year. This TOURIST TRAVEL TeCalifornia this year would surpass Sheriff Carl Tobiassen and Deputy LA wm Bill Woods are today making a search for the burglars who last night robbed the Paul Viles log resiResidence on Highway Looted of Valuables A neighbor raported seeing a light in the house at that time. She thought Mr. and Mrs. Viles had returned to their home from a trip at that hour. ZEIBRIGHT MILL. . BELO00 TONS Additions being made to the millits capacity to a total. of 1,000 tons PENROSE MINE DEVELOPED NOW The Ida Mayland Exploration Comrose and King ranch.properties in ing of i s ildj S$ ex i : He ee Hd ate ae eee Bridge Authority on October 26, Hatbuilt at sens expenditure than the! nymber represented an increase of. Per day by October 1. The mine is!the Grass Valley Nevada City disvat be alto sia ee i a we field, in a letter to Governer Men. DigHent Veiga can be guronesed: more than 50,000, or a gain of 11] °Perated by the Empire Star Mines. trict of Nevada County, California, gi eam-lined, even “The power of the Toll Bridge} per cent, over the 1926 figures,. Company of Grass Valley. Installa-. from the Champion Mining Company though the court house sets the pace and the standard for such an innovation, but certainly life in Nevada County is much more worth while than it was five years ago. The reason basically lies of course in the world conditions which forced a rise in the price of gold. riam, set fourth the results of a traffic study showing that since 1928, auto travel over the Carquinez Bridge has increased only 18 per cent, while bus traffic has jumped 100 per cent and truck traffic 300 per cent! “The failure of passenger automobile traffic across Carquinez Bridge to keep pace with truck and Authority to construct such a bridge is clearly set forth in Section 4 of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act, which provides in part as follows: ‘The California Toll Bridge Authority shall authorize and direct the Department of Public Works to build toll bridges —~ across waters, which also set a new high. Entering Yosemite during the period covered by the 1937 figures were 148,785 automobiles averaging 3.11 persons to the car. Yosemite’s winter sports season, from December 1 to March 31, attracted 51,233 visitors, a gain of 7 per cent Over the previous wininclude an ball mill, tions being. ‘made by five Hardinge classifier, and a battery of three Drake-Pan American flotation maz chines, each having the capacity of four of the smaller-type units, now consisting of a huge jaw crusher and a Symons cone crusher, will not be eight Dorr . and is completing preparations for comprehensive developments. Two shafts are to be sunk on the, property and electric hoists installed. Embracing about 700 acres, the group of claims adjoins the IdahoMaryland and Lava Cap mines and recently was optioned by the ChamRem time <0 time. wave of teal bus talte acréas the same bedee. bays, arms of bays; eee rivers . ter. enlarged at present. One Hardinge pion Mining Company. : spreads over gold producing sec-. and with population, motor vehicle are lias ie ee eta yess. Grant National Park re-. and sine seus a ae ae I tions that the price of gold will be. registration and gasoline consumpDiss = Pe Sion Bee ta ihe aoe ported the greatest. volume of visitvee Mii the euticipated early of the Closer Veney ee Roaneet Ta iden a Walla of Guan ito” He dasceed “kn only be au: 108 of ue Department of Public ors in its history, with 157,810 per-. closing, of the No. 3 tunnel at the} pany with its main offices at Loy; Works it is necessary to do so.’ sons and 48,178 cars entering the; Pin level, all ore will be hoisted) alton, Calif., and president of the as we live in today it would be rash to predict either a rise or a reducplained by the excessive tolls charged.” “That is of power to the Toll Bridge Authoran unmistakable grant park during the travel year from October 1, 1936 to September 39, 1937 through the present 450 foot vertical shaft which is surmounted by a steel Jungo Star Gold, South Comstoek and other Nevada mining corporation in the price of gold. Our own Reporting the results of an inquiry). : : : & eonaidensd “abinion ke shat it il bas cuig Semes of vile Mecitee, te ity. to see ee new oridee across Car-. This was an increase of 6.2 per cent oe sues call for further . tions, also is the president .of the Ida > [> more likely to advance to $41.34) lieutenant governor set forth that the es ities ae apa a pera’ "Qjover the 193% os year and 25.1 . sinking oe etisods Geprh ot) eye Se F than to recede below $35. But of this} total cost of building the bridge, “‘inwi CE Ron cates ae panecngea oe eye — ike as Moaes a: 4 ergy See 2 eee H. enubon oes A. oe{ we feel reasonably sure, whatever. cluding $500,000 for promotional bac: oe = oc . eal ge oo. . eee sisi See a ey Ay cage Ni steam: Lemna paper ese happens to the gold price will be due expense,” was $7,500,000. “It should . e “ee ons ee es ea AS ue the recor : prea mS ae e nels a : eve a as. mining. men are to world conditions rather than to! pe borne!in mind,” he said, “that at ad nots with a total of 86,757 visitors and. proved to be very efficient in handl-/ corporation. The correspondence department of JACK PAYNE by smokers burning an average-of!this season. Considering the great. this year than last, although many. anq@ chocolate. Two. residents.of the the University of California OxtON= Gethsemane Strect over three acres each. The four in-} number of hunters that were at. fine specimens passed through or Ridge have promised milk, Other sion division announces that Melvin GUS ORZALL cendiary fires accounted for an-av-. large in the forest and the dry con-. were brought into town during the people have promised vegetables : & Smothers of Dobbins has enrolled Grove Street erage of 35 acres each. A total of 83. ditions over a good part of the for-. season. {meat. The older girls of the schools, respondence student. Mr. Nichols is H : : “T want to take this ‘ccaopkunite tion for their cooperation this sea-. that weighed ptotainsagy 1 14andon Fields and Mr ; studying composition, ~~ lappy Birthday Nelson states, “to speak a word for. son.” : pounds. . . (tea and i i be / : a, glad to cooperate, at the forthcom27,626 cars during the travel year ing the immense amount of ore neThe development of the properthe edict of the man in the White. /+he end of last year the operators]. : af : a Fines ee Weide pecs Kain be ing meeting of the: Authority, “ in}ending September 30. This was a. cessary for operations in low-grade . ties will be directed by Ernest W. eae 1e€ rias , : : a Bk j : s pe ‘. coe A ania j ee as ; blic. in ious $10,269,729 and steps to end the present impasse and. gain of 12.71 per cent in.visitors and. mines. The Zeibright is under the Harker of Virginia City, the managyuHilc, S, SDI aS, = f le : : ae 2 : A 5 : . ‘ to secure definite action in the pub-. 15.26 per cent in automobiles over. management of Robert Hendricks,. er of the South Comstock Mine and The reason for confidence in the stability of the present price lies in experience. Printing press money has no value except backed by good government credit, and government that already has more than paid for itself. To permit the bridge operators to continue to charge the present. excessive tolls until the expiration of their franchise in March, lic interest.”’ the preceding year’s figures. FIRESEASON FOR CARL TAMBLYN GUEST SPFAKER AT TRINITY ‘Grass Valley. Bert Berthelson was! recently appointed superintendent of . the Zeibright and is now in charge at the property. A-crew of 100 men is employed with operations on a 24to be available for large scale activities. holdings of the Tedwilliger Ample funds are reported other interests. credit is not good unless backed by) 1938, would mean that $15,776,110 : . bois Whe Mining douwal the money metals, silver and gold. aqditional would be collected. from Carl Tamblyn, divinity student. our basis.—-The Mining Journal. Austria and Germany amply demon-; the toll paying public — of which was guest speaker at the Sunday % strated this fact in the years follow-. more than $13,000,000 would be net eS, morning chureh service in ‘Trinity FUNERAL TOMORROW : ing the war, when a street car ride} profit to the bridge company. In. The 1937 fire season on the Ta-. Episcopal church. A splendid attend: cost a million depreciated marks and. other words, the public under these. hoe National Forest is definitely. ance of members and friends were FOR JAMES HAMBELTON Es i ir Sa nitions : ive ay. closed by the recent soaking rains . Present for the service. e a hamburger sandwich required aj} conditions, would be required to pay : voy 708 more ns cs > a oe : Funeral services will be “held to: pound or two of fancy printing tO]¢or the bridge three times over.” in the opinion of DeWitt Nelson, e took for his text St. Paul's let: : , gs ee tl ee es Ses ; a morrow afternoon, October 19, at 2 pay for it Recommended Lieutenant Govern-. forest supervisor, at Nevada City, and. ters to the Hebrews, Chapter 11, 8th] ) ’ eco 2neeOe tt aes ee % “H Pani t aoe ; o'clock from the Holmes’ Funeral : r) ® e or Hatfield: Ghee Otticers need 00. anger . ex: ps so = eo sete: Home in this city for James L. HamSeer While it is true that nowhere in “Apparently the operators of the Peon? that feeling of dread forWwiiaer ee ae a lennon =f belton who pasaeil away at the Lan-. By KATHERINE BRAITHWAITE the world may anyone take their. Carquinez Bridge are not yet willing beding each tire the telephone . derived “what faith is. 2 dis Clinic in Grass Valley on Friday. The ‘North San Juan unit of the paper money into a bank and turn it rings. The ‘‘No Smoking’’, ‘Camp The ehuran was heautifully decorWeil Hod bea indbecotse oa Parent Teacher association met in in f ld coin} the governments Fire Permits’ and “Shovel andj. ated with many fall flowers by the : : sae the schoolhouse at 2:30 last Thursn: for go } gove Mg? caateinel : : 2 ment there for some time. : : Axe”’ restrictions have been removed. altar committee, composed of Mrs. dav afternoon, October 14. Despite which hold all but a fraction of the world’s gold supply, are those whose paper currency is worth face value, or better wherever tendered. Being off the gold standard means nothing, so long as there is an adequate gold reserve back of the printed money. Thus gold remains the standard measure of all exchange, and the BAGS BLACKTAIL BUCK LAST DAY A story about a Sacramento man who brought in a 182 pound buck created a good-dealof interest— but but Nelson says that burning permits will stilk be required until December 1. Permits applying on land within the forest will be issued by the respective district rangers but the state rangers will issue permits applying to land outside the forest. Just-one-year ago-on October-16; Virginia Ghidotti, ‘Mrs. Christy Christenson and Miss Ruth Hutchison. Mrs. C. E. Bosworth sang a solo for the offertory which was well received. = Rev. Charles Washburn, rector of the church is now forming plans for the-annual harvest-service to be held on Sunday evening November 7, the He was a native of Missouri, aged 72 vears. He is survived by two sons C. L. Hambelton of Tonopah, Nevada and J. L, Hambelton of Nevada Ciyt. He had resided in Nevada county about thrée years. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mrs. a heavy downpour of rain there was a large attendance. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Mamie Thompson, president, The new officers for the year are: Ruth Mannix, vice president; Mrs. Anna McQuinn, secretary; Mrs. Letitia Ingles, treasurer; Mrs. PolS “ : : =e itv s s 36, Nelson says the Foresthill fire 1 i . world will never have enough of it. it turns that a Nevada City sports-. 1936, Ne 3 : — WILL ly Hepburn, auditor; Mrs. Celita ‘. man bagged a larger one. started, the most disastrous fire the, first Sunday evening in the month MEET TONIGHT Washburn, membership . chairman; Wor these Seasons we tool A C. A. Karkling an employee of. Tahoe forest has had for a great;of November. This service will be The Neyada City Chamber ofa, Katherine Braithwaite, publicin this corner of the uniyerse that supplies one fourth of California’s approximate $40,000,000 ak gold production. There are signs that indicate that this is a sound foundation on which to stand. Real estate dealers tell us that there is a sharp the county is now _ practically at the high peak of ten months or a year ago. While the number of men employed (2600) is less by some 200 rolls of the county. Better school facilities, better streets, and bus facilities for those who desire to send ei i ' at eee s : F their children to nee beh ks IDA M. MACGONIGAL trol aetivities for the Tahoe forest. °>s, Sr., revered pioneer who lives} Deer hunting season was overles The ladies of this unit have planAuburn, have 8 ae . aL ” holied Zion Street during the season and to the seven. 2 Upper Boulder street, will be sor-. October 15 and the next on the ned for.a box social to be given the vada City and Grass Valley VERL DASTRUPS district rangers who selected and. '¥ to learn he is critically ill at his sportsman’s calendar is pheasant{pPriday evening following Armisticeplaces in which to build homes and rear families. CORRESPONRENCE STUDENTS as a correspondence student. Mr. Smothers is studying Intermediate Algebra. It is also stated that Wil-]. liam A. Nichols, Camp Tahoe-Ukiah, Nevada City, has enrolled as a ¢orannual+ § “North .pointed Miners Foundry sauntered out on October 15, the last day of the deer season. The Bigelow brothers of Columbia. accompanied him. At Cold Springs he shot a big three blacktail weighing 187 pounds dressed. Pretty good for the BIRTHDAYSI! === October 24, 1937 MR. S. C. HIERONIMUS Sacramento Street Cottage Street October 25, 1937 ORAL KELLER Cottage Street October 27, 1937 JESSIE JOHNSTON Nevada City MARY JACKSON Boulder Street many years, but the outlook for the same period in this year -is fortunately quite the. reverse. The following figures are given by Nelson. A total of 148 fires were re. ported on the Tahoe Forest for the calendar year to date burning a total each in area. This,record, in Nelson’s opinion, while partly attributable to luck and the comparative favorable tion, he gives much of the credit to Assistant Supervisor Ernest L. Baxter, who assumed: charge of fire contrained the lookouts and patrolmen. Of the total, 65 were caused lightning, burning an average of less than-one acre while 50 were caused fires were man-caused showing that there is yet considerable progress to be-made in securing general use of eare with'fire in the forest by forest users. : one of many special musical numbers and the chureh will be decorared for the harvest effect. A later announcement will give details of this much looked forward to service. J. C. COUGHLAN IS Merriam to fill the vacancy on the board of. ervisors caused by the his official bond and been sworn in CITY CRITICALLY ILL The many friends of Henry Jachome. the hunters. A negligible number of fires can be charged to them during est, we had expected more from this cause. The record shows that the hunters have been careful with their smokes and I want to express the appreciation of the Tahoe organizaresignation of E. B. Dudley has filed . Commerce will hold its regular meeting tonight It will be held. in the new headquarters in the city hall: President Fred E. Conner urges every member to attend as there is much business to be taken care of. a demand for homes either for sale or. !ast day of the season. area of 367 acres or approximately NOW SUPERVISOR SIDEWALK CONTRACTS hired a helper, but: Mr. Young--deee : ; : 2 1-2 acres for each fire. 112 of these Chief of Police Garfield Robson signed the fountain and did the actFy for rent in Nevada City and environs. : Be: Jay C. Coughlan, of North Columoad oe ne sn . ; se f fires were held to less than 1-4 acre completed signing up property ownual construction work. : The mining industry’s payroll o ec bia, who was appointed by Governor Park bal each and only six exceeded 10 acres ers at the far end of Park Avenue Mrs. Ruth Mannix f,ormerly. of today for sidewalks, among the last being the Jake Zanocco -property. The work should be ‘completed in a few days as the forms are practicalpouring cement. PHEASANTS NEXT hunting which opens November 15. Many local hunters went out the last days of the season but had poor luck and seemingly less deer were killed Albert Pratti of this city and party of friends of Grass Valley enjoyed salmon fishing near Oroville Sunday. Albert brought home a nice fish ity. : f This unnit gave a vote of thanks to Mr. Joe Young for constructing a very useful as well as decorative drinking fountain on the porch of the schoolhouse. The school boardfurnished the pipe and cement and Oakland, is teaching the North San Juan school this year. She reports ‘a regular attendance of Fisted four ; tila condi. conditions which existed throughout ae subervies® by Coast’ Cl pupils. than oF WEES eer Fees oe whi Send a Greeting the state, was largely due to the eterM Cc e YOURS Glere BB ly all in. Equipment and “WPA erews Mrs. Mannix reports an andouani a en te eects ae ” to Your Friends 98 nal vigilance and prompt action of. ” © ee will be moved to Coyote street to/ 416 lack of base balls, mitts, bats¥ During the last month mre sasaict se : . . his detection and suppression forces. yi start paving. Work is ‘to continue/ nq other playground equipment. “ have been added to the mining pay! For the efficiency of this organizaHENRY JACOBS OF THIS until cold or freezing weather stops Also many of the Ridge children come to school without breakfast. Other children walk to sehool through the snow from jlong distancDay. The money ; obtutaed from this af-_ fair will be used to purchase ket-) 1: tles large enough to make hot soup supervised by Mrs. Mann x, Wi pare the hot toods and ‘e1

wag Thinking i This newspaper tries to be helpful in . «ul community enterprises that tend to make this a better placé to live. It seeks to stimulate a healthful grewth in business. Those who subscribe to, or advertise in the Nevada City Nugget join with it in this endeavor. Nevada City COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA 9 marks, over the last five years or. ity, today advised Governor Merriam Northern California] even last year’s record — breaking . dence on the Nevada CityGrass Val-. As a matter of fact the family had : since 1933 this newspaper passed chat ‘(flows ihe opereice oh dhs and the bay area. volume and set still higher all-time ley highway of fur coats, jewelry and} spent Sunday in Reno and did returm 2 5 into its present ownership, and note Carauiuiée Bridge “are. prepared + “If the bridge operators hold such} marks ‘is substantiated by official . fire arms. shortly after 2 o’clock to discover Davee the remarkable progress Nevada 8g D vent °. opinions, we would take immediate,. National Park figures, it is pointed. _ It is believed that the robbery took) their house had been looted of many City and the county, too, have made onde reasonable purchase price on. specific and vigorous action to con-!out in a report by the Touring Buplace about one o’clock this morning. ! valuable things. in that time. ry their structure, I believe we should vince them of the errér of their ways. reau of the California State Auto. Out Loud H. M. L. In the old horse days, when the buggy team tired after a journey of 12 or 15 miles, it was common to hear impatient drivers remark that they had to sight by fence posts to see which way the team was traveling. But eventually they did arrive at their destinations, but not with , the punctuality that marks automobile appointments nowadays. Thus metaphorically, we can sight by landFive years ago there were employed in the county approximately 1300 miners. Today there are approximat-. The . Lieutenant who “The Toll Bridge Authority and ont , IT 7 ely 2600 men at work in the mines, . ®@™mered through a toll reduction. you; Department of Public Work ane er ee ape a . ‘Sa CAPAC Y on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay pe eee ee eee 18 Cale In this increase of employment undoubtedly lies the reason for all the other improvements which have been made in Nevada County in this period such as the practical doubling elie cane ap acnan the razing See pene Aedes: Bridge Authority has the power to. Yosemite broke all previous re-. i128 Dlant at the Zeibright mine, Emis. pany, controlled by Nevada and Canous : i i * ae : Ce counties. construct such a bridge and it now. cords With a total of 481,492 visitors. "ant Gap, were expected to bring. adian interests, has secured the Pena venerated fire trap, and the buildThe: County S Seat t Paper _NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA The Gold Center _MONDAY, “OCTOBER ‘18, "1937. BUY OLD BRIDGE, OR BUILD ONE URGES HATFIELD SAN FRANCISCO, ¢ Oct. 18.—Lieutenant Governor George J. Hatfield, a member of the Toll Bridge Authorproceed without delay to erect a state bridge to break the barrier of exhorbitant tolls which now exi8ts.”’ * Governor, Bridge soon after the big span was opened to traffic, charged that ‘‘exhorbitant tolls’ on the Carquinez Bridge are contrary to public interAnticipating a meeting of the Toll to sell their tratictine and rights to the state at a price which is fair to both the public and the company’s stockholders.’ Possibly they believe that the Toll Bridge Authority will cavillate and procrastinate and allow the problem to go unsolved. Perhaps they are of the opinion that the members of the Authority lack to a successful conclusion and remove this strangle-hold upon vehicle traffic between and to eliminate a condition which constitutes a rank imposition on the motoring public. shave ample authority to solve this problem. If the Carquinez Bridge cannot tbe purchased now at a fair price, a new bridge across Carquinez Straits should be built. The Tol} appears that a new bridge can be the determination to drive through . : NATIONAL PARKS REPORT PEAK IN Accuracy creational of predictions that travel by motorists in mobile Association. Travel records of National Parks in the state are reliable indication fornia this year, the report commented. Facts from travel reports for Yosemite, Lassen, and General Grant National Parks were cited as follows: during the 1937 travel year. This TOURIST TRAVEL TeCalifornia this year would surpass Sheriff Carl Tobiassen and Deputy LA wm Bill Woods are today making a search for the burglars who last night robbed the Paul Viles log resiResidence on Highway Looted of Valuables A neighbor raported seeing a light in the house at that time. She thought Mr. and Mrs. Viles had returned to their home from a trip at that hour. ZEIBRIGHT MILL. . BELO00 TONS Additions being made to the millits capacity to a total. of 1,000 tons PENROSE MINE DEVELOPED NOW The Ida Mayland Exploration Comrose and King ranch.properties in ing of i s ildj S$ ex i : He ee Hd ate ae eee Bridge Authority on October 26, Hatbuilt at sens expenditure than the! nymber represented an increase of. Per day by October 1. The mine is!the Grass Valley Nevada City disvat be alto sia ee i a we field, in a letter to Governer Men. DigHent Veiga can be guronesed: more than 50,000, or a gain of 11] °Perated by the Empire Star Mines. trict of Nevada County, California, gi eam-lined, even “The power of the Toll Bridge} per cent, over the 1926 figures,. Company of Grass Valley. Installa-. from the Champion Mining Company though the court house sets the pace and the standard for such an innovation, but certainly life in Nevada County is much more worth while than it was five years ago. The reason basically lies of course in the world conditions which forced a rise in the price of gold. riam, set fourth the results of a traffic study showing that since 1928, auto travel over the Carquinez Bridge has increased only 18 per cent, while bus traffic has jumped 100 per cent and truck traffic 300 per cent! “The failure of passenger automobile traffic across Carquinez Bridge to keep pace with truck and Authority to construct such a bridge is clearly set forth in Section 4 of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act, which provides in part as follows: ‘The California Toll Bridge Authority shall authorize and direct the Department of Public Works to build toll bridges —~ across waters, which also set a new high. Entering Yosemite during the period covered by the 1937 figures were 148,785 automobiles averaging 3.11 persons to the car. Yosemite’s winter sports season, from December 1 to March 31, attracted 51,233 visitors, a gain of 7 per cent Over the previous wininclude an ball mill, tions being. ‘made by five Hardinge classifier, and a battery of three Drake-Pan American flotation maz chines, each having the capacity of four of the smaller-type units, now consisting of a huge jaw crusher and a Symons cone crusher, will not be eight Dorr . and is completing preparations for comprehensive developments. Two shafts are to be sunk on the, property and electric hoists installed. Embracing about 700 acres, the group of claims adjoins the IdahoMaryland and Lava Cap mines and recently was optioned by the ChamRem time <0 time. wave of teal bus talte acréas the same bedee. bays, arms of bays; eee rivers . ter. enlarged at present. One Hardinge pion Mining Company. : spreads over gold producing sec-. and with population, motor vehicle are lias ie ee eta yess. Grant National Park re-. and sine seus a ae ae I tions that the price of gold will be. registration and gasoline consumpDiss = Pe Sion Bee ta ihe aoe ported the greatest. volume of visitvee Mii the euticipated early of the Closer Veney ee Roaneet Ta iden a Walla of Guan ito” He dasceed “kn only be au: 108 of ue Department of Public ors in its history, with 157,810 per-. closing, of the No. 3 tunnel at the} pany with its main offices at Loy; Works it is necessary to do so.’ sons and 48,178 cars entering the; Pin level, all ore will be hoisted) alton, Calif., and president of the as we live in today it would be rash to predict either a rise or a reducplained by the excessive tolls charged.” “That is of power to the Toll Bridge Authoran unmistakable grant park during the travel year from October 1, 1936 to September 39, 1937 through the present 450 foot vertical shaft which is surmounted by a steel Jungo Star Gold, South Comstoek and other Nevada mining corporation in the price of gold. Our own Reporting the results of an inquiry). : : : & eonaidensd “abinion ke shat it il bas cuig Semes of vile Mecitee, te ity. to see ee new oridee across Car-. This was an increase of 6.2 per cent oe sues call for further . tions, also is the president .of the Ida > [> more likely to advance to $41.34) lieutenant governor set forth that the es ities ae apa a pera’ "Qjover the 193% os year and 25.1 . sinking oe etisods Geprh ot) eye Se F than to recede below $35. But of this} total cost of building the bridge, “‘inwi CE Ron cates ae panecngea oe eye — ike as Moaes a: 4 ergy See 2 eee H. enubon oes A. oe{ we feel reasonably sure, whatever. cluding $500,000 for promotional bac: oe = oc . eal ge oo. . eee sisi See a ey Ay cage Ni steam: Lemna paper ese happens to the gold price will be due expense,” was $7,500,000. “It should . e “ee ons ee es ea AS ue the recor : prea mS ae e nels a : eve a as. mining. men are to world conditions rather than to! pe borne!in mind,” he said, “that at ad nots with a total of 86,757 visitors and. proved to be very efficient in handl-/ corporation. The correspondence department of JACK PAYNE by smokers burning an average-of!this season. Considering the great. this year than last, although many. anq@ chocolate. Two. residents.of the the University of California OxtON= Gethsemane Strect over three acres each. The four in-} number of hunters that were at. fine specimens passed through or Ridge have promised milk, Other sion division announces that Melvin GUS ORZALL cendiary fires accounted for an-av-. large in the forest and the dry con-. were brought into town during the people have promised vegetables : & Smothers of Dobbins has enrolled Grove Street erage of 35 acres each. A total of 83. ditions over a good part of the for-. season. {meat. The older girls of the schools, respondence student. Mr. Nichols is H : : “T want to take this ‘ccaopkunite tion for their cooperation this sea-. that weighed ptotainsagy 1 14andon Fields and Mr ; studying composition, ~~ lappy Birthday Nelson states, “to speak a word for. son.” : pounds. . . (tea and i i be / : a, glad to cooperate, at the forthcom27,626 cars during the travel year ing the immense amount of ore neThe development of the properthe edict of the man in the White. /+he end of last year the operators]. : af : a Fines ee Weide pecs Kain be ing meeting of the: Authority, “ in}ending September 30. This was a. cessary for operations in low-grade . ties will be directed by Ernest W. eae 1e€ rias , : : a Bk j : s pe ‘. coe A ania j ee as ; blic. in ious $10,269,729 and steps to end the present impasse and. gain of 12.71 per cent in.visitors and. mines. The Zeibright is under the Harker of Virginia City, the managyuHilc, S, SDI aS, = f le : : ae 2 : A 5 : . ‘ to secure definite action in the pub-. 15.26 per cent in automobiles over. management of Robert Hendricks,. er of the South Comstock Mine and The reason for confidence in the stability of the present price lies in experience. Printing press money has no value except backed by good government credit, and government that already has more than paid for itself. To permit the bridge operators to continue to charge the present. excessive tolls until the expiration of their franchise in March, lic interest.”’ the preceding year’s figures. FIRESEASON FOR CARL TAMBLYN GUEST SPFAKER AT TRINITY ‘Grass Valley. Bert Berthelson was!

recently appointed superintendent of . the Zeibright and is now in charge at the property. A-crew of 100 men is employed with operations on a 24to be available for large scale activities. holdings of the Tedwilliger Ample funds are reported other interests. credit is not good unless backed by) 1938, would mean that $15,776,110 : . bois Whe Mining douwal the money metals, silver and gold. aqditional would be collected. from Carl Tamblyn, divinity student. our basis.—-The Mining Journal. Austria and Germany amply demon-; the toll paying public — of which was guest speaker at the Sunday % strated this fact in the years follow-. more than $13,000,000 would be net eS, morning chureh service in ‘Trinity FUNERAL TOMORROW : ing the war, when a street car ride} profit to the bridge company. In. The 1937 fire season on the Ta-. Episcopal church. A splendid attend: cost a million depreciated marks and. other words, the public under these. hoe National Forest is definitely. ance of members and friends were FOR JAMES HAMBELTON Es i ir Sa nitions : ive ay. closed by the recent soaking rains . Present for the service. e a hamburger sandwich required aj} conditions, would be required to pay : voy 708 more ns cs > a oe : Funeral services will be “held to: pound or two of fancy printing tO]¢or the bridge three times over.” in the opinion of DeWitt Nelson, e took for his text St. Paul's let: : , gs ee tl ee es Ses ; a morrow afternoon, October 19, at 2 pay for it Recommended Lieutenant Govern-. forest supervisor, at Nevada City, and. ters to the Hebrews, Chapter 11, 8th] ) ’ eco 2neeOe tt aes ee % “H Pani t aoe ; o'clock from the Holmes’ Funeral : r) ® e or Hatfield: Ghee Otticers need 00. anger . ex: ps so = eo sete: Home in this city for James L. HamSeer While it is true that nowhere in “Apparently the operators of the Peon? that feeling of dread forWwiiaer ee ae a lennon =f belton who pasaeil away at the Lan-. By KATHERINE BRAITHWAITE the world may anyone take their. Carquinez Bridge are not yet willing beding each tire the telephone . derived “what faith is. 2 dis Clinic in Grass Valley on Friday. The ‘North San Juan unit of the paper money into a bank and turn it rings. The ‘‘No Smoking’’, ‘Camp The ehuran was heautifully decorWeil Hod bea indbecotse oa Parent Teacher association met in in f ld coin} the governments Fire Permits’ and “Shovel andj. ated with many fall flowers by the : : sae the schoolhouse at 2:30 last Thursn: for go } gove Mg? caateinel : : 2 ment there for some time. : : Axe”’ restrictions have been removed. altar committee, composed of Mrs. dav afternoon, October 14. Despite which hold all but a fraction of the world’s gold supply, are those whose paper currency is worth face value, or better wherever tendered. Being off the gold standard means nothing, so long as there is an adequate gold reserve back of the printed money. Thus gold remains the standard measure of all exchange, and the BAGS BLACKTAIL BUCK LAST DAY A story about a Sacramento man who brought in a 182 pound buck created a good-dealof interest— but but Nelson says that burning permits will stilk be required until December 1. Permits applying on land within the forest will be issued by the respective district rangers but the state rangers will issue permits applying to land outside the forest. Just-one-year ago-on October-16; Virginia Ghidotti, ‘Mrs. Christy Christenson and Miss Ruth Hutchison. Mrs. C. E. Bosworth sang a solo for the offertory which was well received. = Rev. Charles Washburn, rector of the church is now forming plans for the-annual harvest-service to be held on Sunday evening November 7, the He was a native of Missouri, aged 72 vears. He is survived by two sons C. L. Hambelton of Tonopah, Nevada and J. L, Hambelton of Nevada Ciyt. He had resided in Nevada county about thrée years. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mrs. a heavy downpour of rain there was a large attendance. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Mamie Thompson, president, The new officers for the year are: Ruth Mannix, vice president; Mrs. Anna McQuinn, secretary; Mrs. Letitia Ingles, treasurer; Mrs. PolS “ : : =e itv s s 36, Nelson says the Foresthill fire 1 i . world will never have enough of it. it turns that a Nevada City sports-. 1936, Ne 3 : — WILL ly Hepburn, auditor; Mrs. Celita ‘. man bagged a larger one. started, the most disastrous fire the, first Sunday evening in the month MEET TONIGHT Washburn, membership . chairman; Wor these Seasons we tool A C. A. Karkling an employee of. Tahoe forest has had for a great;of November. This service will be The Neyada City Chamber ofa, Katherine Braithwaite, publicin this corner of the uniyerse that supplies one fourth of California’s approximate $40,000,000 ak gold production. There are signs that indicate that this is a sound foundation on which to stand. Real estate dealers tell us that there is a sharp the county is now _ practically at the high peak of ten months or a year ago. While the number of men employed (2600) is less by some 200 rolls of the county. Better school facilities, better streets, and bus facilities for those who desire to send ei i ' at eee s : F their children to nee beh ks IDA M. MACGONIGAL trol aetivities for the Tahoe forest. °>s, Sr., revered pioneer who lives} Deer hunting season was overles The ladies of this unit have planAuburn, have 8 ae . aL ” holied Zion Street during the season and to the seven. 2 Upper Boulder street, will be sor-. October 15 and the next on the ned for.a box social to be given the vada City and Grass Valley VERL DASTRUPS district rangers who selected and. '¥ to learn he is critically ill at his sportsman’s calendar is pheasant{pPriday evening following Armisticeplaces in which to build homes and rear families. CORRESPONRENCE STUDENTS as a correspondence student. Mr. Smothers is studying Intermediate Algebra. It is also stated that Wil-]. liam A. Nichols, Camp Tahoe-Ukiah, Nevada City, has enrolled as a ¢orannual+ § “North .pointed Miners Foundry sauntered out on October 15, the last day of the deer season. The Bigelow brothers of Columbia. accompanied him. At Cold Springs he shot a big three blacktail weighing 187 pounds dressed. Pretty good for the BIRTHDAYSI! === October 24, 1937 MR. S. C. HIERONIMUS Sacramento Street Cottage Street October 25, 1937 ORAL KELLER Cottage Street October 27, 1937 JESSIE JOHNSTON Nevada City MARY JACKSON Boulder Street many years, but the outlook for the same period in this year -is fortunately quite the. reverse. The following figures are given by Nelson. A total of 148 fires were re. ported on the Tahoe Forest for the calendar year to date burning a total each in area. This,record, in Nelson’s opinion, while partly attributable to luck and the comparative favorable tion, he gives much of the credit to Assistant Supervisor Ernest L. Baxter, who assumed: charge of fire contrained the lookouts and patrolmen. Of the total, 65 were caused lightning, burning an average of less than-one acre while 50 were caused fires were man-caused showing that there is yet considerable progress to be-made in securing general use of eare with'fire in the forest by forest users. : one of many special musical numbers and the chureh will be decorared for the harvest effect. A later announcement will give details of this much looked forward to service. J. C. COUGHLAN IS Merriam to fill the vacancy on the board of. ervisors caused by the his official bond and been sworn in CITY CRITICALLY ILL The many friends of Henry Jachome. the hunters. A negligible number of fires can be charged to them during est, we had expected more from this cause. The record shows that the hunters have been careful with their smokes and I want to express the appreciation of the Tahoe organizaresignation of E. B. Dudley has filed . Commerce will hold its regular meeting tonight It will be held. in the new headquarters in the city hall: President Fred E. Conner urges every member to attend as there is much business to be taken care of. a demand for homes either for sale or. !ast day of the season. area of 367 acres or approximately NOW SUPERVISOR SIDEWALK CONTRACTS hired a helper, but: Mr. Young--deee : ; : 2 1-2 acres for each fire. 112 of these Chief of Police Garfield Robson signed the fountain and did the actFy for rent in Nevada City and environs. : Be: Jay C. Coughlan, of North Columoad oe ne sn . ; se f fires were held to less than 1-4 acre completed signing up property ownual construction work. : The mining industry’s payroll o ec bia, who was appointed by Governor Park bal each and only six exceeded 10 acres ers at the far end of Park Avenue Mrs. Ruth Mannix f,ormerly. of today for sidewalks, among the last being the Jake Zanocco -property. The work should be ‘completed in a few days as the forms are practicalpouring cement. PHEASANTS NEXT hunting which opens November 15. Many local hunters went out the last days of the season but had poor luck and seemingly less deer were killed Albert Pratti of this city and party of friends of Grass Valley enjoyed salmon fishing near Oroville Sunday. Albert brought home a nice fish ity. : f This unnit gave a vote of thanks to Mr. Joe Young for constructing a very useful as well as decorative drinking fountain on the porch of the schoolhouse. The school boardfurnished the pipe and cement and Oakland, is teaching the North San Juan school this year. She reports ‘a regular attendance of Fisted four ; tila condi. conditions which existed throughout ae subervies® by Coast’ Cl pupils. than oF WEES eer Fees oe whi Send a Greeting the state, was largely due to the eterM Cc e YOURS Glere BB ly all in. Equipment and “WPA erews Mrs. Mannix reports an andouani a en te eects ae ” to Your Friends 98 nal vigilance and prompt action of. ” © ee will be moved to Coyote street to/ 416 lack of base balls, mitts, bats¥ During the last month mre sasaict se : . . his detection and suppression forces. yi start paving. Work is ‘to continue/ nq other playground equipment. “ have been added to the mining pay! For the efficiency of this organizaHENRY JACOBS OF THIS until cold or freezing weather stops Also many of the Ridge children come to school without breakfast. Other children walk to sehool through the snow from jlong distancDay. The money ; obtutaed from this af-_ fair will be used to purchase ket-) 1: tles large enough to make hot soup supervised by Mrs. Mann x, Wi pare the hot toods and ‘e1