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NEVADA CITY NUGGET. FRIDAY,
hE mm EE areenreteneemem — . PAGE FOUR. __
“water right.
protestant’s land or place of use and
and came to California to make his SUICIDE VICTIM HAS
ROAD FOREMAN CHAS. L. WALTHER home and the night before the trans: fer was to take place, the hotel was A CHANCE OF RECOVERY
3 burned. On the account of it being
MURDERS WIFE: CALLED BY DEATH supposedly fire proof, he only carLast reports on the condition of
’ ocala — ried a small amount of insurance Mrs. Hannah. Davenport, of the
ark Ravin tt a hee or Ne and his loss-was over $150,000. This Stockton Hill mine section, who was
After Mr. Alvin H. Wa Ne: : : :
FAR NAGGING a. Sue had left for Pittsburgh — ad he bees ce ee oe pantry saseaetay oe
— . in the topes of seeing his father, wogetier fate — Seep tene perone act sh : ttem ted ‘anicide tee that
Shortly before 5 o’clock Wednesa ibe. L. Walther Katore He passhis control and which a great many. -€F Sie atvempte ei ys a
day afternoon Lawrence J. Johnson, srs ae ee, , WwW i Wace te. went through the period of the de. She slept some during. the day es
pana construction foreman redgiding ee es ae Les ens ae pression, was ‘indeed a very severe . did not sleep tlre Ment _betare
at Rough and Ready called up Sheran be . ne eae EGE Ue blow to this grand old man, because} as would commit suicide if her.
iff Tobiassen and said: ‘‘Come and 2 : apan ae’ pray ". he had looked forward to coming to setts made good his Gisaat of .
get me. I have murdered my wife. eae ae ee California to make his hdéme and’ to . leaving her. He has been gone ‘about
Bring the coroner.” Quite a wntie see. rW 1€T assist in doing his part towards; 4 week.
When the sh arrived at the wales a bad fall and which he, at that. .4iine the mining operations the ae A. H. Tickell pemoves the bur
little cabin in the rea e Rough . time, thought was ony pad shake . suceess that he always believed pos. ef from alt back. It entered Pe
and Ready hotel, he found Mrs. up and 4&@ severe ladiod of his foot, . sible. . pine left breast and fou weed a oe
Johnson Jj sn the floor with a. DUt later it was found out that the) jy, waither was a man, who was/ hall way around her body in its,
ullge wound through het temple, "= > “** been ‘broken and #0 10" . conerous to a fault, ih his flush; 07's: he cones here Ereeen ant
ghd a seat bruise where she had (et oe ee then days he was more than generous oy ele Panes te eee eee .
struck ithe stove in falling. Jonnson, . #0 ,' the hospital by his daugh-/7;, friends as well as his. family. sented Dr. ering aed: she has a,
afier bie fatal #hot had not ve-enter1 tof and had the toe removed and af. yrany of his friends forgot all about . ced” terns for TY :
ed his cabin but paced up and ter this was done, he eos oe ie to im-. this in the days of his adversity, . It is neki’ Msg BE sai
down the yard awaiting the sheriff. prove up until Jest Car ieay when which ds sq often the case. . though she was. resting vane saith
+ told his story ‘to. District Athe took a sudden chill and a Reesor However, those who knew him. i. Mrs. Davenport asked for hei hus.
: . for the worst and at which time he Doe ee ° 'béhd several times inquiring whethtorney Stoll without apparent hesi: nas : best know that he lived a bce Poe at
tation. He had married his wife on. V2 *8@!? placed in the sol abe but -ounded out life with a host of real . se oe he tiseaat ee fe Mon
June 6, this year. The *couple had too weak for baad vitesse AS * . friends and a very devoted family. poe eens a ki : a:
gone to Reno in ~pouring rain result of further pipeinalas he ere . He is survived by his sons, Arn a ans ys si s Be on ret or
aad “returned —durine— the same?” the account of his age, unable fo. Walther of Nevada City, Calif-. 5" an but have no trace of him so
storm. ‘And it has been raining ever oyercome. the relapse and passed . ornia; Raymond L. Walther of Ali. ees ne
since,’ Johnson stated. He declared SAY. Wednesday noon before his quippa, Pennsylvania; a daughter, . a aiy will be break at 1:30-1 Gini dines married bia Wits had con-. 80% Alvin, was able to reach him. . . aqgeje H. Walther, of Aliquippa, and oe ee at. 12305 p,m:
tinually nagged him. .
Johnson and his wife had been
drinki avily during the after-.
noon and since their marriage and .
been consuming a good deal of liq.
uor. On returning from trip to om
Valley they began quarreling: 7
cording to Johnson his wife calle 2
him s@veral vile names. In a sudden .
fit of anger, Johnson seized his 32
calibre rave and shot her through .
and phoned the sheriff. When the
sheriff red Johnson objected to
wearing handeuffs. “In forty three!
years I have never have worn those.
things,” he
as he snapped them one:
er murdered your wife before,
you?”
.
.
said. The sheriff replied .
“YOu nev.
did .
Coroner Jefford removed the body .
to his undertaking
The dead woman is
sisters, Mrs. Myrtle .
Shebley apartments in Grass Valley, and Mrs. Annie Darin. She was .
a native of Missouri. .
Johnson wag foreman of a road!
construction crew of. the state highway department, employed on the}
new reconstruction project below}
Smartsville. He had a good reputation as a workman and received a
good salary. He is 43 years old and’
a native of Minnesota. His wife was
thirty-six.
establishment. .
survived by two .
Lamb of the}
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES,
SACRAMENTO.
NOTICE GF APPLICATION TO
APPROPRIATE WATER
APPLICATION 8763
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That El Oro Mining Co., Room 226,
68 Post Sireet, San Bec pelese: California has under: the date of August
, 14, 1986 applied to the Division of
Water Resources, Department of
Public Works, State of California,
for a permit to appropriate UNAPPROPRIATED water, subject to existing rights. —
DESCRIPTION OF
Water to appropriated
South Fork of Steep Hollow
County of Nevada.
Amount applied
feet per second.
Diversion-season named:
Ist to December 31st of
son.
Water to be used for
domestie purposes. .
Point \of diversion within Lot 4/.
of Section 4, T 16 N, R 11 E, M.D.
B. &.M.
Place of\ use
PROJECT
from
Creek,
be
for: .12;5° eubie
January
each seamining and
described: Within
Sw of SW of Section 13. and
SE™% of SE% of Section 14, T. 16
N, R 10. E,.M.\D; B. & M.
Water will be returned to Steep
Hollow Creek in NE% of SW¥Y of
Section 14, T 16 N, R10 E, M. D. B.
& M.
RELATIVE TO \PROTESTS
Blanks upon which, to submit protests will be supplied\ free upon request by the Division of Water Resources. ;
Any person. desiring. to protest
against the granting of sueh permit
shall. within Sixty days from date
hereof file with the -Division of
Water Resources, Sacramento, California, a written protest. Such protest shall clearly set forth the protestant’s objections to the granting
of the application and~ shall contain
‘the following information:
(1) Statement of the injury which
would result to protestant from such
appropriation and use.
~{({2) The basis of protestant’s
(3) Protestant’s past and present
use of water both as to amount used
and land irrigated, or use made of
‘water if other than irrigation.
(4) The approximate location: of
point of diversion of the svater.
copy of the protest should be
to the applicant and this office
notified that the same has been done.
EDWARD HYATT,
State Engineer.
ated: Sacramento, California, Sepmber 28, 1936.
9, 16, 23, 30.
lin Nevada City and had a very large
. cirele of friends,
. gether
. little over two years ago at the time
. was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hoge
. druggist and was the originator of
. anywhere
Mr. Walther was quite well known 3j49 g brother Ernest Walther, of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
because he had a.
very charming personality and an exceptionally cheerful disposition, and
his loss is deeply felt by -his many FIGH ry son) rs
friends and especially by the Hoge}
family with whom he was so closely
associatéd in their operations. TO TAKE PART
Mr, Walther was chairman of the)
hoard of directors of the Hoge DeIN ¢ CAMPOR AL
relopment Company and also of the . Lib.
Great Northern Gold Mines, Inc., }
which is a subsidiary of the Hoge. Bighty Scouts and leaders-represDevelopment Company, and he, to-, enting 10 patrols from Tahoe Area
with Mr. Hoge, were not only, Council will tyavel to Sacramento
the prime movers, but the two larg-. tomorrow to participate with 2500
est investors in these enterprises. A other scouts in the Northern Caliwhen Mr. Hoge was ill, he was here, oral will see the re-enactment of
for a period of some six months and ,some of the “high adventure”’ of the
Gold Rush Days.
and at which time, he spent many Loeal scouts. will enter through
happy hours with his friends at the, the North (Hospital) Gate of the
Elks Lodge of which he had been a State Fair grounds by 10 Saturday
life member. morning. Hach patrol will be imMr. Walther mediately assigned a campsite, make
' camp and prepare their noon meal
which cannot contain canned goods.
Opening ceremonies will start at
1:30 p. m. followed by a sightseeing
. tour that will include Sutters Fort’:
‘and the Capitol. The test of the
campers will remain at camp making
business, he owned and operated the , demonstrations of camperaft, handilargest and best hotel ‘in Aliquippa, } crapt and scouteraft activities. One!
Pennsylvania and which was his big campfire program of entertainhome for a great many years. poe will be held in the evening.
A few_years ago, he decided to sell . C hureh services for each denominaout his supposedly fire proof hotel’ tion will be held Sunday morning.
was by profession a
. the chain drug store and at one time
‘had the largest chain of drug stores
in the United States. He
owned and controlled § fifty seven
drug stores in Pittsburgh. Later on, ;
after he got out of the drug store
.
.
Sacramento Music Series
KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD
Ali San Francisco Opera appearances sold out. Place or ders . \fmmediately to assure your reservations,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3RD ,
.
2nd Jooss Hurvonean Ballet. 2.000 305 ee, December
ReGiischee OUuAttet. 0 ee a ee Sanuary 9th.
Ballet Russe.. February 3rd
Marton A ROeTSON or ee February 23rd
FIVE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST ARTISTS
$5.00 $7.50 $10.00 (Plus Tax)
.
.
.
.
.
. ALL FOR
_ At The County Fair
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE
WILL HAVE A DISPLAY OF WALLBOARDS AND
PARTICULARLY OF CELOTEX PRODUCTS
w
A representative of the Celotex Company will assist us
to explain the advantages to you in the various uses of
CELOTEX.
SEE OUR DISPLAY AT ARMORY HALL,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH
The Nevada County Lumber Company is gla ad, of this
* opportunity to cooperate with the Nevada City
fornia Camporal, This year’s camp-. §
A colorful variety of camping
equipment is sure to be seen in this
assembly of patrols from all parts
of Northern California. Visitors are
welcome to see how Scouts camp and
cook by themselves,
Landon’'s record: Elected) in 1922/8 Mail Orders, Now
on his promise to reduce bonded ininke checks payable to» Ye
debtedness totaling $154,000,000. Vit Shoppe n40i AN Maret
. Secured passage of law providing
a : — =n. $2.75
lal issuing warran -reasury: whe : SS : fees
required funds rl aa Caer ee 20; oe
. ’ 55c. Tax inchided.
. by $22,000, 000
Harold Plant, mining engineer,
visited the Alpha mine,’ of which he
is the owner, this week.
Mrs. David Bleakley, former resident: of this city, underwent an operation of serious character. in &
Berkeley hospital last week. Mrs.
Bleakley and her daughter, Harriett,
a graduate of the University of Callfornia, now reside in Berekeley.
Mrs. C. B, Anderson, formerly of 2
this city, is recovering from a capi-.
tal operation in the Highland "Hos. i
pital at Auburn. Dr. Gordon /Mackey . s
MEMORIAL
AUDITORIUM
ONE NIGHT ONLY ‘i
SUNDAY, OCTOBER. 25
White eet
Presents
George
America’s Foremost
Musical Revue
Broadway Direct fiom
was, the strgeon who treated he:, . &
C, B. Anderson was formerly a part. ]
ner in the Nevada City Nugget. if
Kansas has reduced its indebtedness .
despite hard times. '
AT ARMORY HALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING
Program in Hall at 3 p. m:
tepram, evenings, at 8 p.m. Admission 50c
Big Barn Dance at On p.m, All children 102
AUSPICES PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Admission 35c
Ein
COUNTRY FAIR*®
.
Parent-Teacher Association
. “— .
NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER CO. “The Full Service Yard” .
Oscar J. Odegaard, Mer.
Phone 498-499 Nevada City . }
Suit Event
y uct arrived from New York in time for this Fall
Suit Event. New styles, new materials, the best of
tailoring at a price you cannot equal elsewhere.
ed Ee
way Plan
casn come in, select
}
it you are snort of your suit;
} ‘ pees
INSne a small deposit and we will hold any suit or
taomcnantk
bps teeal for you.
Tailor Made Suits
If you are hard to fit, if you. ‘want an individual
styled suit or top coat .we can ‘take your measure
and guarantee a fit. Many new fall materials and
styles to choose from.
$22.50 . $35
RE TALE “SPO Roe «Lie