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October 7, 1935 (4 pages)

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_ a _ Have you ever noticed that chil‘dren rarely beat about the bush. “oration. Thinking. . ~— Out Loud (By H. M. L.) Their words express their thoughts, with startling and often embarassing clearness. The Nugget on Friday published a series of short paragraphs written by the children of WashNe COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA ee Teena ete RE LL ED : The Nevada City Nugget helps your city and county to grow in population and prosperity. By subscribing to, and advertising in the Nugget, therefore, you help yourself. ae te ee aestentecfeefeoeogesgestendenteneeeogeoeedestertestestetesieoteeidee No. 95. Vol. IX, The County Seat Paper _NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA Phe GOLD Center MONDAY, “OCTOBER a 1935. Here Are ‘Answers to School Bond Queries CHILDREN MARCH IN BOND APPEAL \SEVENHUNDRED "Women Boost Bonds! Hi Visitors Recite ington school on the topic of why a a cota school house is needed. One isThe Nevada City Scheol Board, in Q. Please describe bonds propos@ gues a notice of 450 war helmets} ger that all voters may thorough-. ed to be issued? Watlowine she Pied Piper of Hope. St ai 5 ordered to keep small, busy heads ly understand all aspects of the proA. Both issues will be dated De700 ne z om Ae ae Ory O onges 10n « safe from falling plaster. Another) ,,.e6q bond issues for the schools cember 1, 1935 and will run for 25 : Preity De ea aie aie com erte Tes vag) Orava and the reasons therefore, has pre-. years, with an interest rate not to. oe ae ‘the high ashool ; pi Pie oe EuHOo}. # ued romarne pared the following series of ques-. exceed 5 per cent (in case of PWA! narehd through the streets of NeHaving secured and published in-. rifice. However, ‘the small inerease that ‘this school house is worn out.” . tions and answers: approval.of Loan and Grant, a 4 per) yaqa City last Friday evening terviews with business me Ne-. in taxes w , ; y Goi uate sens hea eas a. City Ss riday evening to isiness men of Ne-. in taxes would be more than bal‘All in all it was~both a fascinating cent coupon will attach, and in 4NY! »ake know . fact that the-school. vada City. and with students of the . anced by the increase i t and refreshing. list of the reasons faa ; F . el event,.it is believed, that District a. fae “ Se anit iad “i ee: : SoA sooner pees es eine yan patalae tes ® why a new school house is needed. Question: What is the amount of Cee ee re ou te . bond issue is seriously important to Washington ‘grammar. school, the) value, due to bringing our schools 2 the proposed bond: issues, and’ the securities can be ‘sold on'a 4 per cent) them, ‘Throngs along the streets. Nugset now presents statements . up to date. The return on the outee. _ . purpose of each? basis). Interest for the first year will. cheered the teachers and’ students. !tom women who have shown inter-. put is so great that there’ should Seven hundred children march. Answer: Bonds proposed for’ Elebe paid annually; thereafter, semi-j ¢op their spirit in putting over suc hn yest in the school children and the} be no demur on the part of, any ing, more probably than ever before . entary are $72,000.00, and for the annually. Maturities are arranged so}, we] planned parade. . Bond issue. The following twoare voter’ gathered at one el a Cen City! High School $46,000.00. Elementary that the tax rate will be gradually! jonn Fortier, as grand marshal,{ {tom the leaders of the P. GAS An The following two interviews ae Jon he Sear eres bonds are for the construction: of a. less over msn: VEaee. : . lead the line of march which started saa of the sini were given by two women who ac-. aes : : ‘ new building and ° furniture and Q. Why is it necessary to borrow from the Armory Hall at 7:30: The: Mrs. Leland Smith, President of the} cepted the invitation of the faculty cards, come es serious, the cone equipment of same, total cost of. this money. now and improve and. Nevada City high school band fol]-} Grammar School P.-T. A. . and students of Nevada City high aoe the es torches, the Music} Which is estimated at $100,000.00. add to school plants? Why can’t the . lowed, playing ‘snappy: march tunes “One of the aims of the P. T. A. “school and who. visited the school of the high school band, rege ®1tieh School bonds are for addition . Districts go ahead as.they have been. along the. way and bearing a sign. is to bring into closer relationship. to see for themselves the actual great pageant, and appeal for the of class rooms, a gymnasium, audit-. doing, without resorting to borrow-. which read: “Are We A Community ‘the home and the school that. parents’ ‘conditions in existence there bonds. One either loves Seven hun-. sium, new heating plant, furniture . ings? . Asset? If So, Give Us a Fit Place. and teachers may cooperate intellig-. Mrs. Amy L. McGraney. dred children, {pe deena anne and equipment, to present school A. Because a critical situation. nn Which to Practice.” jently in the training of the child, “T visited the high school on Wed. them maybe,) more'than property ot . puilding, cost of which is estimated . has been reached. High school ia The honor feature of the parade . and to. develop. between the educa-. nesday last to see for myself the Re ie ses ae nena $65,000.00. crowded with 270 pupils in a build. was the car which followed the band . ‘rs (ane ‘the gene lek phiblic such . crowded cones of the school. I ys oS Juego Q. Bonds proposed are for less ing intended for 100 to120, and it is’ and which had as _ its passengers United effort as will secure for. found,the girls’ locker room was iy. ie a ee a ee “ than amount of improvements con-. impossible to handle these pupils in. Mrs. T. S, Ford, and Mrs. H. J, 1 every child the highest advantages . congested beyond belief and the asisha ad sine pice eee tt ae 4S) templated, where does the rest of present plant. Elementary school is: Wright, only remaining members of /in physical, mental, moral, and spir-. sembly room totally inadequate to best they can, and votes ‘‘no’’ on the the money come from? )2 wooden ‘structure built 68 years the first grade of the Washington . itual education. The children of our. seat the number of students enrollbeen ed. It must be ‘ponds. There is really no middle ground in this instance, you turn to the right or left, as your conscience permits or dictates. The test of all good citizenship.is how great a sacrificé.it will make for the next geution has been made to Federal Pub-. lic Works for for elamentary. will be for amounts equal to 30 per oO from Federal . a Applica. A. From .‘‘grants’’ Government, if approved. Administration a loan and grant of $65,000.00 high school and $100,000.00 for if approved, ‘‘grants’’ n arate proposals. May I vote ‘‘Yes” go, and aside from the important . grammar school in, 1868, the year in Members of the student body of Nevada City high marched in class: : ew building. Q. Are the two bond issues sep-. on! &8 lead by the freshmen group. . ers lamps and lanterns furnished ilne and “No” on the other? community have er Min-; With the board of the furnish new and adequate buildings handicapped evident to all that fire hazard attaching, repairs of so which the school was built. Mrs. Libby the inadequacy of buildings and. the schools must grow with the . extensive a nature are required that by, faculty member of both schools, . facilities; but the people -of our. town.” (PW) . it. seems better economy to erect a drove the car. community now fully realize this. Mrs. G, M. Bettles. condition and are not going to tol“To all who are in doubt as to They are the neéd for improvements and enlargements at the high school, I can only suggest that they do as I did and the school a visit during ate Lo, uniting forces trustees to pass high school bonds which will Cees Varley Snare sas lind cent to 45 per cent/of each proposa yee. Chey are ontinely canaee lumination and added color to the} "0" ™ : : pay Wriday voters in the Grass Valley ie ce daa Wee watanes . ata eee ’ . parade. Signs, appropriate to the ocfor both the high and élementary . school hours. The condition of overschool district piled up a majority aes ent ee As etek: bie ade a fp EORORe es geaon, were earriad © by students . Schools. I feel confident that praccrowding is acute, The federal govof 784.votes to 58 for a bond issue tie aisietens’ autiiect sa" alaerines ar! Q. Wet have cece the gammeak: along the line of march. . tically every voter. will vote yes onernment is ready. to give us a large of $75,000 for a new elementary cei Le Haase the. palenes ae high ane in elemtnary in! pe two school buses from Sani Eiere schools bonds.” part of the needed money if we will school. Of this amount the PWA will Pena caw tic onde, Wh BIA past‘ five years? . Juan and Willow Valley were nex:! Mrs. D. D. Joyal, President High. subscribe the rest. The bonds will contribute a grant of $47,000. Ne-! ee eee ; * A. ‘Enrollment high 1931,'in line, Gach bearing signs showing‘ School P. 'T. A. be a light burden for this most forvada City on Thursday will have an see bes ee ees 176: 1932, 221; 1933,.224;° 1934, ae Provenae in students dime a “The high school P. T. A. stands. tunate community and both schools opportunity to follow suit with per. ek ga a eas . 258: 1935, 272. them during the period from 1080. definitely behind the bond issue. need the improvements. The schools haps an even greater majority in eas Seles has ta he sata to the . Elementary enrollment: 1931.4 1935 . There is no question of the need for} are the real heart of our communfavor otf the bonds. The campaign . . vernment, but car be rea te hone 974s 1932),284; 1923) 316% 1984; . See school traffic officers lead the! the proposed improvements. Any. ity, and I shall certainly vote for top, te Hanae ee eta Sls aren ehivate abeetas al a 1936. 420. Han oe asimeoe: division and the ehildren. 56" work must call for some sacthe bonds.”’ : : Nae more advantageous to do so. 2. If the bonds fail to carry, marched according to: classes with yervice clubs, lodges, patriotic and is yh Deh what will be done? the little ‘tots at the head. Quite as, aan : ‘ eivic organizations all had represQ. Is this condo si ciaeban adA i suawerine this question serious as their elders, the young: . ANOTHER DEER GIVES . . LOUD SLEEPER DISRUPTS entatives. vantageous to districts? ss a ee Benes ers : \ aterd in the lower evades entered in} . 2 A. .4f someone offered to donate it is hoped. that’ voters will appre-. /’ se anes) a pease . TELEPHONE SERVICE Cr eae ‘ 6 nyoeas : . ciate the position of Board of Edu-} to the spirit of organized yells and, ATTORNEY CLOSE CALL The war is. really begun in Ethio . 70%? 30 per cent to 45 per cent of the gation. members, all: of whom: are . POPPY marching with earnest vigor. ! . ; pia. One of Europe’s big bullies. has Leost of a new house if you supplied . stantial, tax payers of this DisThe second graders wore hats upon bonine Nowa to to Novada City . i Officer Herbert Hallett was callordered some 200,000 soldiers to in. the rest, what would be your ans-. or ana ke have submitted these . Which was printed “Class of 1946.’!]. from his home. at McKeesport . led at. an early hour Wednesday yvade the only black -empire in tie ON bond issues to voters only after most Another’ class turned out.in army!}ithe other morning Attorney Har. j}morning to take a “loud sleeper’ world. Dispatches state that’ women Q. $72,000.00 elementary bonds. ature deliberation, feeling that . helmets and hardboiled miners”: ry L, McKee, had another narrow {from the pubtic telpehone booth of and children were killed in a past . and $46,000.00 high school bonds. , present conditions now warrant the hats and carried a sign saying. ‘‘We!}l escape from collision with a deer, . ithe Pacific Telephone and Teleing raid on Aduwa, and that hos-;are to be voted. Will these all be proposed bond commitments withwere protectéd-trom falling plaster.” . his time it was a half grown. . veut company on upper Broaa pitals were destroyec? We are franix. issued and sold, if voted? out entailing a hardship on tax payThe P. T. A, entered a car with a! . fawn, stepping out of the prush . . street. He was making a bed room of iy suspicious of war dispatches from . A. Not necessarily. Only such] ers, In spite of this, should bonds sien assuring their endorsement of, . . that came trotting toward him ou . . the tiny booth and obstructing phone whatever source. Unless’ the ASs0. portion of each issue will be sold aS} not carry, legal and moral responsibthe issu s. A group of young ladies . . the wrong side of the road, that . lservice. The man could not recall ciated Press or the United Press . the PWA grant does not cover. Basilities devolving upon the Board dressed in the style of 1868 carried; ]. is, the wrong side of the road for . . nis name and was taken to the city uble to~send uncensored reports of}ed on present information, probably . would undoubtedly. necessitate: a Placard which read. “Customs . ]. the deer. Mr. McKee was able to. . jail and locked up. Chief ,of Police what is happening, there is little; not more than $38,000.00 high (1) Addition to high school, to change; so should schools.” ill step on the gas and swerve to one . . Garfield Robson stated he was oblance to besplaced on war re-! school bonds need be sold. Until re-. conform to present attendance. A fitting ending to the line was . side thereby avoiding killing the . . structing service, but from the ports. The more important news, is . port on PWAapplication for ele( 2) Repairs and= temodeling of horse and buggy driven by.two gramdeer and the fawn became vastly . fistrength of his lungs, since being really not what happens’ in battles mentary is received, exact bond re-. Grammar School involving a conmar school students. On the side of . /alarmed as the car met him ‘and . locked up, he.didn’t need a telephone but what England and the League of! quirements cannot be determined.! siderable percentage of cost of new; the buggy was printed. “Good . . pounced away into the trees. This . . ! and would make a first class entrant Nations are going to do about this] The maximum need will be for $72.-. puilding. Knough in 1868; Not so good in is the third narrow escape Mr. S any hog calling contest. war. 000.00 as set forth in election proIn the absence of bonds, ° these 1935.” p McKe ‘has had on the TahoeUtah erences mani posal, the minimum. about $58,000.-. capital expenditures, could only be Principals Carisomt and Kjorlie:. . Ukiah highway, because of very a they found themselves on the opNo crowned head of Burope on} 00, taken care of by extra budget taxand faculty members of both schools . careless deer. ponent’s thirty. Stevens ‘took a pass tour of his country meets with the} Q. Please describe Nevada. ation, under authorization of the were in the line of march. Nothing . . ________________———————. . from: Budie and dashed across the © homely courtesy and neighborly wel-. School District and Nevada High] State Board of Equalization. Mhis} but an issue of the utmost import. . goal line for the first score of the come that the President of the Uni-} School District. Are they the same. would be, temporarily at least, very ance cold have inspired 700 youths day. Burgen converted with a split ted States does. The reason is that} district? excessive and in no wise as satisto turn out for a street parade. NothVELLOWJACKETS jbuek and the quarter ended: Nein this free republic of ours people] 4. NO, Politically, they are sep-. factory as a bond issue. ing Det. coe. ulmoet in cooperation . lvada City 7, Apburn 0. have no: special reverence for the} arate entities; geographically, they; Q. How about taxes.’ Lene: oe ee ee . . A long pass over Budie’s head inPresident. He is top man, to be are identical, and consist of the ect. 7 tease aaeenvas Aaneibe eC otats Nothing but affirmation of the school . to the waiting arms of an Auburn sure, for four or eight years, bU.! owing original school districts: Ne-. ed until PWA has reported on both bonds on ‘Thursday by the cttizens of . lager waste plat thas vena he is the Nation’s top man because vada, Indian Flat, Willow Valley and the people voted him to the office. At Cheyenne, a delegation of citizens climbed aboard the President’» special and presented him with a eaddle of antelope. At another stop, despite the vigilance of secret seryice guards, someone got near enough to him to toss him a chrysanthemum which Mrs. Roosevelt promptly pinned on his lapel. The crowds at the various stops along the route were not nearly so large as expected. At Omaha, it had been anticiuated 100,000 would gréet him. Only 15,000 turned up, but generally speaking the weather was bad and that probably had’ a lot to do with the attendance.
You Bet. Each is governed by a Board of Education, whose membership is identical. Q. What is the assessed valuation of the districts, and why is this a matter of such importance? A. Assessed valuation 1935, $1.779,905.00; 1934, $1,165,405.00, from which you can see that the assessment has risen over 50 per cent this year. This is important because school buildings are financed under California law by taxes assessed on the valuation of the district. (Nearly all the expense of school operation’ comes from the state, and is based upon Average Daily’ Attendance.) Thus last year, the bond is“Time” tells a story of relief pirth .control. In Iowa the official policy has been not to give families } on relief birth control advice. A . : : : / teamster, 64 years, seven years since of each district, and what is meant Y tc aynregsi > married a girl, robust but not prilby this expressionliant, 17 years of age. Three daughA. California law limits school ters were born and as*fast as they arrived they were taken to the city And now this family on relief, the father 71 and mother 24, have produced Seven persons are orphanage. at Council Bluffs. twin daughters. now on relief where but two were before. and } sues now proposed would have call‘od for a tax rate 50 per cent in ex. cess of present estimates. i Q. What is the “bonding limit’ building bonds to 5 per cent of assessed valuation of district. Hlementary limit is $88,995.00; high school is $12,000.00. less, or $76,995.00— due to a balance of $12,000.00 high school 5 per cent bonds atill outstanding on present building. Bonds this city will be a fair solution to . the problem which exists at the present time. : NEW EXTINGUISHERS PUT OUT S. JUAN FIRE . The five fire extinguishers purchased by the San Juan Ridge improvement league were put into action for the first time yesteerday. F. Garcionie saw a blaze back of the Washburn home and reported it to A. Indeed, yes. Advertising value} Wm. Moulton who immediately teleof good schools attracts, families to! phoned to William Sharp, state ranga community,. with corresponding! er, The. ranger and his crew hurapplications for Loans and Grants. Based on present information, maximum tax will be 55 cents per hundred, minimum probably; 45 cents. Wxisting building tax of 20 cents on high school can be cut next year to 10 cents. : Q. Why should people who have no children in schools be interested in voting YES on these bond proposals—is there a practical advantage in good schools, may citizens expect a return in dollars and cents? increment in population, trade, and. ried to the scene. increase in vested interests, assistIn the meantimé the local. men ing tax rate accordingly. Shabby . got busy with the fire extinguishers shops bring little business, and only a backward community is satisfied . with poor schools. Nevada City is the best place on earth to live; hundreds of people have come to us re cently, hundreds more will make their homes here if we give. them the right kind of public institutions, There’s only one answer——-Vote ““YBS” for both proposals at the Bond Election on October 10th. Nevada City Board of Educatioa. J. F. Colley, P. G. Scadden, Wade Armstrong, T. W. Richards, R. J. Bennetts, H. A. la dest E. M. RecThey are water extinguishers, a five gallon tank of water is carried on the back.of a man who pumps water from it. Mr. Stanléy Bice, Frank Miller and Gordon Wood put the tanks aboard their backs and soon had the fire under control. It burned over four or five acres and would have spread much further had ‘it ndt been for the prompt work of the men with the aid of the extinguishers. The state ranger’s crew arrived in Washburn, Will Cunningham, . trick for the Auburn B’s. Their attemps to convert was muffed when Nevada City>blocked a dash through center. They kicked,.and at the end Of. the game the ball was in Yellowjacket~ possession on their own 35 with the scere: Nevada nee 7, -Aule~ burn 6. =. The crowd. at Saturday's, game was the best yet to appear ‘at the local gridiron, and fans were: .rewarded with a game of exciting football. The blocking of the local boys Playing the finst dJeague football game of the season, the Nevada City Yellowjackets ‘played excellent’ ball to defeat the Auburn B team with. ~a 7 to 6 score on the home field last Saturday. Still unable to produce heavy enough teams to enter the A division of League competition, the local high school is concentrating upon ‘the building of a championship B outfit this season. Auburn kicked off, and Burgen on the receiving end, carried the pisskin from Nevada City’s 15 to the} has improved greatly but is not yet 30.The locals opened an offensive! up to the expectations of Coach B. attack. but had to kick. Jones poot-. C. Barron. The two game schedule of ed, but muffed the .kick and only, ‘last week did not leave a great. deal put it up on Nevada City’s own 45 of time to polish up on rough points, yard line. Fram then until the anal but improvements was obvious. Steof the first quarter, a good deal of; ger rs not even in uniform as he’s was done, and it ended , still nursing a bad ankle from the in possession of the . Grass Valley tussle. The team miss‘ed his presence more than once durthe , ing the game. Those who. started were: LH, Elliott; LT, Stephens; LG, and capsee-sawing with Auburn ball on Nevada City’s .45. During the second quarter, locals managed to make three of! four first downs and had it, down. on the opponent’s fifteen at one time. An intercepted pass, however, stopped the march there and the half ended with both elevens scoring. The Yellowjackets opened with an offensive attack at the start of the third, With passes working like masen; RG, Doolittle; RT, Moulton; RH, Burgen; F, Jones. Substitutes who saw action were: Bonner, kin, Widauf, Bennett and Perez. Stevens deserve meni ak tor Re short time but the fire was already under control. tor. proposed are well under Umits. te chinery and the boys out for a tal-. game though no starring tain for the day, Roberts; C, Tobias— RE, Tuttle; Q, Stevens; LH, Budie; co