October 26, 1942 (4 pages)

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month — . “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA y This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read ” The Nugget. —— er ‘Mol. 16, No 86. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA "The Gold Center _ ~ MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1942. — = — =e Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. It is quite apparent that only political considerations prevents the administration in Washington from conscripting and rationing manpower to the armed services .and war. The manpower shortage is rapidly approaching a crisis. Agriculture, shipyards, railroads, and the merchant marine are des«perately short of workers. Aside virtually at a standstill. The mines, except for the Lava Cap, where operations will continue by virtue of its production: of a necessary flux Except For Maintenance Gold Mines Of County Virtually At A Standstill Except for necessary_dewatering and maintenance operations, the gold mining industry of Nevada County, doomed to idleness for the duration of the war by government edict, is Trip Into. Mountains Is Enjoyed By EDNA MARTINE . On Friday a 150 mile drive northerly through the Tahoe revelation in what has been acNational forest proved a complished by G. E. Mitchell, PUBLIC, 85 TO 90 PERCENT OBSERVES DRIVING SPEED SACRAMENTO, Oct. 26.—(UP)— Reports indicate that approximately 85. to 90 per cent of the cars traveling on state highways are complying with the 35 mile per hour limit, Jas. M. Carter, director of Motor Vehicles, said today. “California motorists are demfonstrating their patriotism ‘by observing the 35 mile per: hour speed limit fixed by the national administration,’’ said Carter. “California highway patrolmen will not conduct themselves as mem‘bers of the Gestapo, will exercise the er. =P Caught in the Riftles Lava Cap miners noted with interest that. copper, lead and © zinc miners were given a $1.00 per day increase in wages. Inasmuch as the Lava Cap is also engaged in war production, employees of the local mine are wondering if the $1 increase is also forthcoming at the Lava Cap. TN from “directives” to Selective Ser. in the smelting of lead, were given 60 days to clean up fol-. ©™gineer in charge of the roads : ; courtesy which they have in the past vice boards which do not alter by one, iota the Selective Service act, hothing is being done at the national capitol to mitigate the shortage of labor in any of these critiical industries. A ‘‘directive” is a suggestion rather than an order. Selective Service boards — receive hundreds of these but usually must fall back on the act itself for their authority. The act does not defer any special classification but leayes it up to the discretion of the boards to defer men in_ critical vocations. Discretion varies widely. In Texas for instance farm labor receives far more deferments than California, if newspaper reports accurately reflect conditions. What is needed now is an. overall act to make Selective Service, or something akin to it, an agency for alloting the manpower of. the country both to the armed serveces and to the war industries, according to age, talents, skills and educational qualifications. An act of this kind is needed now. For what avails to it, to build up~an army of seven and a half million men, if war factories are robbed to such an extent that these men cannot be properly armed? What avails to send millions of farm workers into the army if by so doing crops to feed them cannot be planted and harvested? Paul McNutt head of the manpower ,job has done a lot of talking but to all practical purposes has failed to act. Only last week was the first move toward drafting labor indicated. Gold miners are. being “drafted”? to work in lead, copper, or other mines producing metals of which there is a critical shortage. And this, apparently by indirection. That is to say,.by imposing penalties to force .the miner out of any eployment unless he accepts the jobs offered by the United States Bmployment Service in strategic metal mines. : Sometime since ‘Congressman Harry Englebright said brightly over telegraph wires’ that the fiat closing gold mines would be reconsidered. Whether it was or not we have not heard. And were it to be reconsidered the. damage so far as the gold mining industry is concerned is already done. The mines.are closed. The mules have been brought to the surface from a mile underground, and the miners all save those needed for maintenance purposes are gone to other jobs, dispersed to the four winds. 6 The trouble with our congressmen is they are out of touch with the temper of the people, This district, center of California’s gold mining industry, which normally produces a quarter of California’s “Empire-Star._Mines lowing the closing order, effective October 15th. But ore cleanup operations did not take long. Almost all the underground men, miners and muckers and timbermen, have been laid off. At the properties the workers were advised they could! have employment at the Newmont’s copper mine at Happy Camp or lead mine at Leadville, Colo. All men displaced in the closing of the mines were required to report to the federal employment office in Grass Valley for assignment to essential war mineral. mines. The Lava Cap, the only mine in Nevada County ‘which can continue to operate under the government's closing order, is attempting to absorb as many Nevada City-Grass Valley men as possible. Men with families and home ties are given. preference at the Lava Cap. Hiring for the Lava Cap is done at the federal. employment office by Charles Gibson. Meanwhile, Congressman Harry L. Englebright stated in Washington that representatives from western states ‘“‘will fight to a showdown’”’ the WPB order closing the gold min-! Englebright said the order did not help the war effort and that he and other congressmen had made repeated requests to WPB officials to rescind the order but without success. It-is the contention of Englebright. the order has not yielded men for copper mines and he stated he has seen a petition by 150 miners of Grass Valley and Nevada City, all over 50 years of age, who said they will not move to new localities to engage in copper mining. This petition asks further investigation by the government of the entire gold mining question. “Tt was not fair’? Englebright stated. ‘‘to draft men.and then prevent members of their families beyond draft’ age from eartting a livelihood simply ‘because some labor theorists thought the order would release a large number of men for strategic metals mining.’’ Simultaneously, Congressman Chenoweth of Colorado announced in Washington that a WPB apeal board will hear a: protest against the gold mining closing order. “Ordinarily,’’ Chenoweth explained, ‘fa case of this nature would be decided by Dr. Wilbur A. Nelson, chief of the mining branch, but we were told today that this was so important we would be permitted . to present it orally to the appeals board.”’ CHRISTMAS T. B. SEALS ON SALE. NUGGET OFFICE branch office of the Departmient, the ‘is in the hands of the department or WHITE SLIPS ARE NEEDED FOR GAS RATION BOOKS Motor vehicle owners-of Nevada County who have lost or misplaced their registration cards (white slip) should agply at once to the nearest office of the Department of Motor Vehicles for a. duplicate. Presentation of the registration card. will be required by the federal rationing authorities when applications are filed for gasoline rationingcoupon—books, This information was received today by The Nugget from the office of James M. Carter, Director of Motor Vehicles, at Sacramento. Applications for duplicate registration cards may be obtained from any or California Highway Patrol, by writing to the main office at Sacra-. The established by the mento. fee Vehicle’ Code for duplicates is 50. dam at Bowman loomed up between . ihuge mountains of rock. A neat care-. cents. If the duplicate does not arrive on . time or if the registration card is being held in Sacramento pending a. transfer of ownership, registration of . non resident. car, or for any other reason, gasoline coupon books may be obtained by signing an affidavit form, prepared ‘by the rationing authorities stating the registration card giving some other valid excuse why it cannot be immediately produced. CHARGE KENNY: SPONSOR OF RED WEEKLY, DENIED CHARGE ?qj4 emfwyp emfy wp A second, but weaker, denial by Robert Kenny that he sponsored a Communist newspaper fund raising campaign, today brought from Wallace L. Ware, candidate or Attorney General on the Warren-Houser-Ware ticket the statement: “The People’s World still lists Kenny as heading its list of sponsors.” Faced with exhibition of a copy of the People’s World, Communist daily newspaper, of November 28, 1938, listing Kenny as a sponsor of that newspaper’s $60,000 fund raising campaign, Kenny denied point blank he had served as a sponror, Ware said. “His second denial, printed in the Los Angeles newspapes on October 22, 1942, states he denies he was a ‘principal’ sponsor, Ware said. “That is political sophistry of the worst sort, and a weak equivocation that will not fool the people. I can undivision of the local national forest. He is thoroughly alive to the value of this little known area that is a paradise for natcampers and sportsmen. As the public becomes aware of this; ure lovers, beautiful scenic wonderland should prove a most popular it playground close at hand. This national and will use only legal methods against those individuals exeeeding the limit.” The relatively few motorists exceeding the limit are traveling at high rates of speed, said Carter. From records forwarded to Sacramento during the first week of the new speed limit, approximately 20 forest contains many little lakes. individuals who had been cited as stocked with trout .and roads or. exceeding 35 miles per !hour were trails lead to each one. Engineer . immediately referred to the Division Mitchell has taken. more interest in the road developnient that any one in the local division so far. This road was found to be in such fine condition it would put to shame of Drivers’ Licenses: for a check up on their previous records. In almost every instance, said Carter, the offender was found to have a bad driving record and an accumulation of citations for similar many county roads over the staté. violations that are accessable ;for work the yeararound. : The party left Nevada City at ten o’clock and drove through Bear Valley leaving the pavement at the foot of the grade to enter the Bowman lake road. Brilliant autumn leaves brightened beautiful vistas of pine covered rugged mountains and gladNeat camp grounds were found at Fuller and Bowman lakes. The big takers home:is nearby with well kept yard. Several miles farther crew of men were engaged in aligning about three miles of road in Jackson Meadows. tion is maintained at Pass Creek where the road contacts the famed emigrant Henness. Pass highway. In on a a clear stream at the rear of the station trout swim about lazily. Returning via Henness Pass seemed as if a magic spell had been cast over the party. Tre romance and tragedie of pioneers rushing from the east to the gold fields and land of milk and honey farther on, to unfold as if pages were mountain trails by horses or weary from months of travel. Another neat camp ground was This bridge spans a gorge of great scenic In the crystal clear water below. were seen eight large trout swimming along over gravel beds. A Milton dam under golden leaved quaking found near Milton bridge. beauty. camp ground was noted at aspen. Several markers along the route long gone pioneer hotels used by the emigrants and supplies from Marysville to Reno and other nearby cities. Sleighville House, well the only one gave names of later freighters carrying kept and occupied is remaining. The road lies seven miles north of Alleghany and at this 7000 foot eleTeA camp and SstaVoters Here Prepared To Cast Ballots . . . . . Nevada City voters wil! go to i the polls to register their choice for county and _ state offices which must be filled and also cast a Yes or No vote on various amendments on the ballot. The polls will be open from 6 a. m. until 7 p.m. Those who are: registered in Nevada County and plan One week from’ tomorrow, . to be away from home on election; day are urged to cast their vote by seemed being . turned in a book. At many places the old trail could ‘be traced at the side of the road or the car traveled over portions of the old’ road. The ,emigrants traveled up and down the tops of ridges. Scars on trees at the roadside were scratched as the wagons were laboriously drawn up or roughlocked down the often steep narrow oxen absentee: method now. But two county offices are to be decided at the November 3rd general election. They are sheriff and assesser. Incumbent Carl Tobiassen is opposed by Richard Hoskins for the sheriff position and Phil Scadden and Wben Smart are the assessor candidates. All other county offices weye filled at the August primary election. (More than 10,000 are eligible to cast. votes in Nevada County. Many of that number are living elsewhere and County Clerk R. N. McCormack is besieged with requests for absentee ballots. As far as Nevada City voters are concerned, the governorship race is leading in interest with the county sheriff and assessor contests close behind. Nevada City as well as Nevada County voters gave Earl Warren a large majority in the August Primary and indications point to an even larger vote for Governor Olson’s opponent in next week’s election. RED CROSS TO (Nevada City and Grass Valley may soon discover more soldiers will come to these communities for pleasure than originally anticipated. A couple of soldiers here from Camp Beale said the men in uniform are disgusted with Marysville. Tavern owners boost prices in their wares as soon as the soldiers hit town. These same soldiers had a kick against Grass Valley, too. The word spread around Camp Beale there was to be a free dance for the soldiers at Grass Valley. When they arrived at the dance hall they found they had to fork over six bits to get in. Undersheriff William D. Woods, perusing the books in the sheriff's office, discovered that since Sheriff Tobiassen took office in 1935, a total-of 1836 prisoners have been © booked at the county jail. And _ the surprising~ thing’ about those figures is that the total is 300 more than were booked in the period from. us 3 to 1935, 22 years. During the eight years of Sheriff . Tobiassen’s reign 200 prisoners were booked at the Truckee jail, where Tobiassen has Tom Dolley stationed as deputy sheriff. Probably the most remarkable \feature is that the more than 2,000 prisoners handled by ‘the Nevada County sheriff’s office in the past eight years none have made good an . escape, One prisoner did get away . from a guard at the county hospital . but was captured later. . Nientavon ne A blood splattered car, which crashed into a pine tree on the Colfax Highway, had Nevada County authorities and the California Highway Patrol puzzled Saturday night but the»mystery was cleared today. Jack Boatman reported to. the highway patrol he was*the driver of the car and it was his blood which caused so much excitement. Boatman said he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and his machine went off the highway and crashed into the tree. Boatman requested a passing motorist, who stopped to give aid, take him to the Boatman home, nearby. In the meanwhile the accident was reported to the authorities and the Hooper-Weaver ambulance had been called to the scene. Finding nothing but the wrecked car and the blood naturally created a mystery and considerable conjecture, especially after a thorough search of the vicinity produced no dead or injured body. The California Highway Patrol reports Nevada County motorists ARE NOT observing the 35 mile speed limit. Army physicians wanted to put Ray Wilde, Jr., in limited ser-~ vice because of his leg, on which Wilde recently had an operation to ly were qualified to work in cop. “per mines: But-on-the-chance that Washington is right, and that these men can be directed into copper mining, for instance, this district is willing to take it on the chin and carry on in the interest of national unity and all-out war effort. If closing the gold mines will help’ win the war, Nevada County Mrs. Dick Goyne, this year in charge \oP-Christmas seal sales in Nevada iCity. Several hundred have been placed on sale in the Nugget office. All those now mailing Christmas letters and gifts to members of the armed forces abroad are invited to pur; chase them at 305 Broad Street. When a soldier in Uncle Sam’s farflung balttle line receives a package bearing the Christmas seals, he is said, the People’s World states: the wording is, ‘“‘Southern Notables Sponsor World Drive—Judge Kenny heads list—’’ The third paragraph of the story, printed on” Page 1, starts, ‘‘Heading the list of sponsors is Judge Robert W. Kenny—’’, Ware said. “Attorney General is the highest law enforcemént office in California’”’ of the south, middle and north Yuba river. Again brilliant flashes of pink and red. dogwood or lemon and golden aspen leaves marked water coures in the rough terrain as the car the well kept road. A feeling of reverence was felt f i marker where Verne Gleason froze to death glided up and down as the group.passed_ the in a blizzard while assisting a part, would Laie Z ee oe ed aot ies That the Christmas packages and derstand his hedging, because there ea oe en sl aN bias MEET WEDNESDAY sorveet: a foothele “iunts, ala could have been continued. We letters going over-seas to our soldiers}are plenty of copies of the People’s Saiki os a mart Mis Sane as said “nothing doing.’’. Ray prefers Ye are not at all certain that the war sailors and flyers may bear the sea-. World of November 28, 1938, carea pees a. A meeting se the ee Cross will be} actual fighting against ’the enemy in; effort gained anything by dischargsonal tuberculosis seals, an advance. rying the Kenny story, which the esac se ae SN a ane in the Charen: of Commerce] stead of remaining at home to guardde ing 300 or 400 miners who possibsale of these has been~started, by/ people can see.” ee gee. poe en ee the City Hall Wednesday at’ bridges, railroads or similar duty. In the suwh-head of the story, Ware party had crossed the headwaters] 8g o'clock. The meeting-was called by President H. E. Kjorlie. Officers and members are urged to attend to consider important business. All paid up members are eligible to attend the meeting. BETTY PRESLEY LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON FOR RED CROSS CLYDE DORSEY — ISDECEASED The body of Clyde J. Dorsey, a member of the United States Armed Forces who either enlisted or was inducted from Nevada County, arrivi AT -ounty now has ap‘ i: : TRAINING is for it. The county 5 aD ner to mend broken telephone lines ed in Grass Valley last night, where proximately 750 men in the armed services, and cost what it may, these old 100 per cent. American communities are going to back them up. One thing that does strike us as horribly silly. Why are -the silver mines not closed? Who are the sturdy rogues in that congress assured that the folks pick home are carrying on while he carries on at the front. Only this week remains in which to mail Christmas packages to the armed forces. keep them open? If gold is useless in the war effort, silver is nothing ‘but a damned millstone around the national neck. ‘munists when his public record shows Ware said’ ‘‘“How can the people of California have anw confidence that Kenny, as attorney general, would enforce the law against the Comconstant friendship and support of Harry Bridges, William Schneiderman, the Communist Party, ‘Secretary and others who have been seeking and now seek, to destroy the several years ago. Farther on a camp ground bears his name. On a divide the Sierra Buttes were majestic in the autumn atmosphere. (Continued on Page Four) Miss Betty Presley, daughter of Mrs. Elsie Presley and the late Gus Presley, is~ enroute to Washington, D. C., where she will start training under the Red Cross for military welfare work. ae Miss Presley was formerly emAmerican way of life foh which our boys are fighting and dying?” ployed in welfare work by the State of California. funeral rites will be conducted under the direction of the Holmes Funeral Home. 7 ; The cause of Dorsey’s death was not immediately available. : j to be under the auspices of the Hague?Thomas-Hegarty Post of the American Legion. : The funeral rites for Dorsey are ,

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per month — . “God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are ready to guard and defend it.”” — Daniel Webster Nevada City Nugge COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA y This paper gives you complete coverage of all local happenings. If you want to read about your friends, your neighbors, read ” The Nugget. —— er ‘Mol. 16, No 86. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA "The Gold Center _ ~ MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1942. — = — =e Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. It is quite apparent that only political considerations prevents the administration in Washington from conscripting and rationing manpower to the armed services .and war. The manpower shortage is rapidly approaching a crisis. Agriculture, shipyards, railroads, and the merchant marine are des«perately short of workers. Aside virtually at a standstill. The mines, except for the Lava Cap, where operations will continue by virtue of its production: of a necessary flux Except For Maintenance Gold Mines Of County Virtually At A Standstill Except for necessary_dewatering and maintenance operations, the gold mining industry of Nevada County, doomed to idleness for the duration of the war by government edict, is Trip Into. Mountains Is Enjoyed By EDNA MARTINE . On Friday a 150 mile drive northerly through the Tahoe revelation in what has been acNational forest proved a complished by G. E. Mitchell, PUBLIC, 85 TO 90 PERCENT OBSERVES DRIVING SPEED SACRAMENTO, Oct. 26.—(UP)— Reports indicate that approximately 85. to 90 per cent of the cars traveling on state highways are complying with the 35 mile per hour limit, Jas. M. Carter, director of Motor Vehicles, said today. “California motorists are demfonstrating their patriotism ‘by observing the 35 mile per: hour speed limit fixed by the national administration,’’ said Carter. “California highway patrolmen will not conduct themselves as mem‘bers of the Gestapo, will exercise the er. =P Caught in the Riftles Lava Cap miners noted with interest that. copper, lead and © zinc miners were given a $1.00 per day increase in wages. Inasmuch as the Lava Cap is also engaged in war production, employees of the local mine are wondering if the $1 increase is also forthcoming at the Lava Cap. TN from “directives” to Selective Ser. in the smelting of lead, were given 60 days to clean up fol-. ©™gineer in charge of the roads : ; courtesy which they have in the past vice boards which do not alter by one, iota the Selective Service act, hothing is being done at the national capitol to mitigate the shortage of labor in any of these critiical industries. A ‘‘directive” is a suggestion rather than an order. Selective Service boards — receive hundreds of these but usually must fall back on the act itself for their authority. The act does not defer any special classification but leayes it up to the discretion of the boards to defer men in_ critical vocations. Discretion varies widely. In Texas for instance farm labor receives far more deferments than California, if newspaper reports accurately reflect conditions. What is needed now is an. overall act to make Selective Service, or something akin to it, an agency for alloting the manpower of. the country both to the armed serveces and to the war industries, according to age, talents, skills and educational qualifications. An act of this kind is needed now. For what avails to it, to build up~an army of seven and a half million men, if war factories are robbed to such an extent that these men cannot be properly armed? What avails to send millions of farm workers into the army if by so doing crops to feed them cannot be planted and harvested? Paul McNutt head of the manpower ,job has done a lot of talking but to all practical purposes has failed to act. Only last week was the first move toward drafting labor indicated. Gold miners are. being “drafted”? to work in lead, copper, or other mines producing metals of which there is a critical shortage. And this, apparently by indirection. That is to say,.by imposing penalties to force .the miner out of any eployment unless he accepts the jobs offered by the United States Bmployment Service in strategic metal mines. : Sometime since ‘Congressman Harry Englebright said brightly over telegraph wires’ that the fiat closing gold mines would be reconsidered. Whether it was or not we have not heard. And were it to be reconsidered the. damage so far as the gold mining industry is concerned is already done. The mines.are closed. The mules have been brought to the surface from a mile underground, and the miners all save those needed for maintenance purposes are gone to other jobs, dispersed to the four winds. 6 The trouble with our congressmen is they are out of touch with the temper of the people, This district, center of California’s gold mining industry, which normally produces a quarter of California’s “Empire-Star._Mines lowing the closing order, effective October 15th. But ore cleanup operations did not take long. Almost all the underground men, miners and muckers and timbermen, have been laid off. At the properties the workers were advised they could! have employment at the Newmont’s copper mine at Happy Camp or lead mine at Leadville, Colo. All men displaced in the closing of the mines were required to report to the federal employment office in Grass Valley for assignment to essential war mineral. mines. The Lava Cap, the only mine in Nevada County ‘which can continue to operate under the government's closing order, is attempting to absorb as many Nevada City-Grass Valley men as possible. Men with families and home ties are given. preference at the Lava Cap. Hiring for the Lava Cap is done at the federal. employment office by Charles Gibson. Meanwhile, Congressman Harry L. Englebright stated in Washington that representatives from western states ‘“‘will fight to a showdown’”’ the WPB order closing the gold min-! Englebright said the order did not help the war effort and that he and other congressmen had made repeated requests to WPB officials to rescind the order but without success. It-is the contention of Englebright. the order has not yielded men for copper mines and he stated he has seen a petition by 150 miners of Grass Valley and Nevada City, all over 50 years of age, who said they will not move to new localities to engage in copper mining. This petition asks further investigation by the government of the entire gold mining question. “Tt was not fair’? Englebright stated. ‘‘to draft men.and then prevent members of their families beyond draft’ age from eartting a livelihood simply ‘because some labor theorists thought the order would release a large number of men for strategic metals mining.’’ Simultaneously, Congressman Chenoweth of Colorado announced in Washington that a WPB apeal board will hear a: protest against the gold mining closing order. “Ordinarily,’’ Chenoweth explained, ‘fa case of this nature would be decided by Dr. Wilbur A. Nelson, chief of the mining branch, but we were told today that this was so important we would be permitted . to present it orally to the appeals board.”’ CHRISTMAS T. B. SEALS ON SALE. NUGGET OFFICE branch office of the Departmient, the ‘is in the hands of the department or WHITE SLIPS ARE NEEDED FOR GAS RATION BOOKS Motor vehicle owners-of Nevada County who have lost or misplaced their registration cards (white slip) should agply at once to the nearest office of the Department of Motor Vehicles for a. duplicate. Presentation of the registration card. will be required by the federal rationing authorities when applications are filed for gasoline rationingcoupon—books, This information was received today by The Nugget from the office of James M. Carter, Director of Motor Vehicles, at Sacramento. Applications for duplicate registration cards may be obtained from any or California Highway Patrol, by writing to the main office at Sacra-. The established by the mento. fee Vehicle’ Code for duplicates is 50. dam at Bowman loomed up between . ihuge mountains of rock. A neat care-. cents. If the duplicate does not arrive on . time or if the registration card is being held in Sacramento pending a. transfer of ownership, registration of . non resident. car, or for any other reason, gasoline coupon books may be obtained by signing an affidavit form, prepared ‘by the rationing authorities stating the registration card giving some other valid excuse why it cannot be immediately produced. CHARGE KENNY: SPONSOR OF RED WEEKLY, DENIED CHARGE ?qj4 emfwyp emfy wp A second, but weaker, denial by Robert Kenny that he sponsored a Communist newspaper fund raising campaign, today brought from Wallace L. Ware, candidate or Attorney General on the Warren-Houser-Ware ticket the statement: “The People’s World still lists Kenny as heading its list of sponsors.” Faced with exhibition of a copy of the People’s World, Communist daily newspaper, of November 28, 1938, listing Kenny as a sponsor of that newspaper’s $60,000 fund raising campaign, Kenny denied point blank he had served as a sponror, Ware said. “His second denial, printed in the Los Angeles newspapes on October 22, 1942, states he denies he was a ‘principal’ sponsor, Ware said. “That is political sophistry of the worst sort, and a weak equivocation that will not fool the people. I can undivision of the local national forest. He is thoroughly alive to the value of this little known area that is a paradise for natcampers and sportsmen. As the public becomes aware of this; ure lovers, beautiful scenic wonderland should prove a most popular it playground close at hand. This national and will use only legal methods against those individuals exeeeding the limit.” The relatively few motorists exceeding the limit are traveling at high rates of speed, said Carter. From records forwarded to Sacramento during the first week of the new speed limit, approximately 20 forest contains many little lakes. individuals who had been cited as stocked with trout .and roads or. exceeding 35 miles per !hour were trails lead to each one. Engineer . immediately referred to the Division Mitchell has taken. more interest in the road developnient that any one in the local division so far. This road was found to be in such fine condition it would put to shame of Drivers’ Licenses: for a check up

on their previous records. In almost every instance, said Carter, the offender was found to have a bad driving record and an accumulation of citations for similar many county roads over the staté. violations that are accessable ;for work the yeararound. : The party left Nevada City at ten o’clock and drove through Bear Valley leaving the pavement at the foot of the grade to enter the Bowman lake road. Brilliant autumn leaves brightened beautiful vistas of pine covered rugged mountains and gladNeat camp grounds were found at Fuller and Bowman lakes. The big takers home:is nearby with well kept yard. Several miles farther crew of men were engaged in aligning about three miles of road in Jackson Meadows. tion is maintained at Pass Creek where the road contacts the famed emigrant Henness. Pass highway. In on a a clear stream at the rear of the station trout swim about lazily. Returning via Henness Pass seemed as if a magic spell had been cast over the party. Tre romance and tragedie of pioneers rushing from the east to the gold fields and land of milk and honey farther on, to unfold as if pages were mountain trails by horses or weary from months of travel. Another neat camp ground was This bridge spans a gorge of great scenic In the crystal clear water below. were seen eight large trout swimming along over gravel beds. A Milton dam under golden leaved quaking found near Milton bridge. beauty. camp ground was noted at aspen. Several markers along the route long gone pioneer hotels used by the emigrants and supplies from Marysville to Reno and other nearby cities. Sleighville House, well the only one gave names of later freighters carrying kept and occupied is remaining. The road lies seven miles north of Alleghany and at this 7000 foot eleTeA camp and SstaVoters Here Prepared To Cast Ballots . . . . . Nevada City voters wil! go to i the polls to register their choice for county and _ state offices which must be filled and also cast a Yes or No vote on various amendments on the ballot. The polls will be open from 6 a. m. until 7 p.m. Those who are: registered in Nevada County and plan One week from’ tomorrow, . to be away from home on election; day are urged to cast their vote by seemed being . turned in a book. At many places the old trail could ‘be traced at the side of the road or the car traveled over portions of the old’ road. The ,emigrants traveled up and down the tops of ridges. Scars on trees at the roadside were scratched as the wagons were laboriously drawn up or roughlocked down the often steep narrow oxen absentee: method now. But two county offices are to be decided at the November 3rd general election. They are sheriff and assesser. Incumbent Carl Tobiassen is opposed by Richard Hoskins for the sheriff position and Phil Scadden and Wben Smart are the assessor candidates. All other county offices weye filled at the August primary election. (More than 10,000 are eligible to cast. votes in Nevada County. Many of that number are living elsewhere and County Clerk R. N. McCormack is besieged with requests for absentee ballots. As far as Nevada City voters are concerned, the governorship race is leading in interest with the county sheriff and assessor contests close behind. Nevada City as well as Nevada County voters gave Earl Warren a large majority in the August Primary and indications point to an even larger vote for Governor Olson’s opponent in next week’s election. RED CROSS TO (Nevada City and Grass Valley may soon discover more soldiers will come to these communities for pleasure than originally anticipated. A couple of soldiers here from Camp Beale said the men in uniform are disgusted with Marysville. Tavern owners boost prices in their wares as soon as the soldiers hit town. These same soldiers had a kick against Grass Valley, too. The word spread around Camp Beale there was to be a free dance for the soldiers at Grass Valley. When they arrived at the dance hall they found they had to fork over six bits to get in. Undersheriff William D. Woods, perusing the books in the sheriff's office, discovered that since Sheriff Tobiassen took office in 1935, a total-of 1836 prisoners have been © booked at the county jail. And _ the surprising~ thing’ about those figures is that the total is 300 more than were booked in the period from. us 3 to 1935, 22 years. During the eight years of Sheriff . Tobiassen’s reign 200 prisoners were booked at the Truckee jail, where Tobiassen has Tom Dolley stationed as deputy sheriff. Probably the most remarkable \feature is that the more than 2,000 prisoners handled by ‘the Nevada County sheriff’s office in the past eight years none have made good an . escape, One prisoner did get away . from a guard at the county hospital . but was captured later. . Nientavon ne A blood splattered car, which crashed into a pine tree on the Colfax Highway, had Nevada County authorities and the California Highway Patrol puzzled Saturday night but the»mystery was cleared today. Jack Boatman reported to. the highway patrol he was*the driver of the car and it was his blood which caused so much excitement. Boatman said he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car and his machine went off the highway and crashed into the tree. Boatman requested a passing motorist, who stopped to give aid, take him to the Boatman home, nearby. In the meanwhile the accident was reported to the authorities and the Hooper-Weaver ambulance had been called to the scene. Finding nothing but the wrecked car and the blood naturally created a mystery and considerable conjecture, especially after a thorough search of the vicinity produced no dead or injured body. The California Highway Patrol reports Nevada County motorists ARE NOT observing the 35 mile speed limit. Army physicians wanted to put Ray Wilde, Jr., in limited ser-~ vice because of his leg, on which Wilde recently had an operation to ly were qualified to work in cop. “per mines: But-on-the-chance that Washington is right, and that these men can be directed into copper mining, for instance, this district is willing to take it on the chin and carry on in the interest of national unity and all-out war effort. If closing the gold mines will help’ win the war, Nevada County Mrs. Dick Goyne, this year in charge \oP-Christmas seal sales in Nevada iCity. Several hundred have been placed on sale in the Nugget office. All those now mailing Christmas letters and gifts to members of the armed forces abroad are invited to pur; chase them at 305 Broad Street. When a soldier in Uncle Sam’s farflung balttle line receives a package bearing the Christmas seals, he is said, the People’s World states: the wording is, ‘“‘Southern Notables Sponsor World Drive—Judge Kenny heads list—’’ The third paragraph of the story, printed on” Page 1, starts, ‘‘Heading the list of sponsors is Judge Robert W. Kenny—’’, Ware said. “Attorney General is the highest law enforcemént office in California’”’ of the south, middle and north Yuba river. Again brilliant flashes of pink and red. dogwood or lemon and golden aspen leaves marked water coures in the rough terrain as the car the well kept road. A feeling of reverence was felt f i marker where Verne Gleason froze to death glided up and down as the group.passed_ the in a blizzard while assisting a part, would Laie Z ee oe ed aot ies That the Christmas packages and derstand his hedging, because there ea oe en sl aN bias MEET WEDNESDAY sorveet: a foothele “iunts, ala could have been continued. We letters going over-seas to our soldiers}are plenty of copies of the People’s Saiki os a mart Mis Sane as said “nothing doing.’’. Ray prefers Ye are not at all certain that the war sailors and flyers may bear the sea-. World of November 28, 1938, carea pees a. A meeting se the ee Cross will be} actual fighting against ’the enemy in; effort gained anything by dischargsonal tuberculosis seals, an advance. rying the Kenny story, which the esac se ae SN a ane in the Charen: of Commerce] stead of remaining at home to guardde ing 300 or 400 miners who possibsale of these has been~started, by/ people can see.” ee gee. poe en ee the City Hall Wednesday at’ bridges, railroads or similar duty. In the suwh-head of the story, Ware party had crossed the headwaters] 8g o'clock. The meeting-was called by President H. E. Kjorlie. Officers and members are urged to attend to consider important business. All paid up members are eligible to attend the meeting. BETTY PRESLEY LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON FOR RED CROSS CLYDE DORSEY — ISDECEASED The body of Clyde J. Dorsey, a member of the United States Armed Forces who either enlisted or was inducted from Nevada County, arrivi AT -ounty now has ap‘ i: : TRAINING is for it. The county 5 aD ner to mend broken telephone lines ed in Grass Valley last night, where proximately 750 men in the armed services, and cost what it may, these old 100 per cent. American communities are going to back them up. One thing that does strike us as horribly silly. Why are -the silver mines not closed? Who are the sturdy rogues in that congress assured that the folks pick home are carrying on while he carries on at the front. Only this week remains in which to mail Christmas packages to the armed forces. keep them open? If gold is useless in the war effort, silver is nothing ‘but a damned millstone around the national neck. ‘munists when his public record shows Ware said’ ‘‘“How can the people of California have anw confidence that Kenny, as attorney general, would enforce the law against the Comconstant friendship and support of Harry Bridges, William Schneiderman, the Communist Party, ‘Secretary and others who have been seeking and now seek, to destroy the several years ago. Farther on a camp ground bears his name. On a divide the Sierra Buttes were majestic in the autumn atmosphere. (Continued on Page Four) Miss Betty Presley, daughter of Mrs. Elsie Presley and the late Gus Presley, is~ enroute to Washington, D. C., where she will start training under the Red Cross for military welfare work. ae Miss Presley was formerly emAmerican way of life foh which our boys are fighting and dying?” ployed in welfare work by the State of California. funeral rites will be conducted under the direction of the Holmes Funeral Home. 7 ; The cause of Dorsey’s death was not immediately available. : j to be under the auspices of the Hague?Thomas-Hegarty Post of the American Legion. : The funeral rites for Dorsey are ,