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September 12, 1938 (4 pages)

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2 get : Nug City ada Nev . Out Loud Thinking From the Californian, March 15, 1848: “ie The Liberty of the Press consists n the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justfiable ends. — abe aid Hamilton COVERS RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA Vol: 12, No 7t. By H. M. L. stealing sponge gold from the older Directors of the Nevada Irrigation . . brother of one of the boys. This old District have called an election for e er brother at the time happened to September 28 to pass on a financing be-a deputy sheriff, and ‘friends of proposition that his which will tical battle lines were sharply drawn and five on the part of the. prosecuFlat east of Nevada City and addition, eleven men and. women filled tional flumes and canals for the ir today as Governor Merriam came out rigation SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12.—Poli (Tobiassen’s) chance of being re-elected. district. The voters, Highgrade Conspiracy all but.one of the seats in the jury pdnel at the close of the first’day of land owners within the. corifines of the As a matter of fact enemies of law trial of the People versus Grant and order in Nevada County used thirty dollar every Thursday plan district whichis’ in Nevada and PlacSpear before Judge Raglan Tuttle. er counties, will be asked ’to give ‘ee Arrested for alleged the reprint of the affidavit puhblishwhich he characterised as “fantasparticipation The Fullers owned-a mine near The charge against Spear is that of “ : . opposition their approval of a plan to raise ed in the Nugget, in a futile effort tic’. At the same time in what U. S. Secret Service officials Jackson, and Elwood Orr operated Tioting on January 20 on the Mur$253,000 which will be combined] . to defeat Sheriff Tobiassen. Reprints candidates converged on the state eall a $750,000 highgrading cona custom mill near the town of Plywith a $207,000 PWA ‘grant for the thie road,in connection with an atcapitol to determine the campaign of it were circulated throughout spiracy, four men are in custody in mouth. tempted strike of the CIO affiliate peed Cath: The wen ate Penk Grass Valley and Nevada City stealissues particularly the thirty dollar proposed : construction. To John Bongard, investigator for fhgainst the mine. Twenty three memthily under cover of darkness. In plan. : Fuller, Jr. 20, his brother, George the State Mining Bureau, goes a Sheridan Downey, senatorial canviolation of the law the printer who Fuller, 20, Elwood Orr, and John large measure of credit for the arwithout making any complaint to Benich 49 reprinted these affivadits did not afdidate of the opposition, is strongly rests. It is stated he has been on the the mine See ene. enous of the plan and will insist These fix his imprimatur on the circular. in favor men, the officers allege, trail of the alleged highgrading ring ‘taking a vote among the 240 minupon its incorporation in the Demoers then employed in the Murchie. disposed of $750,000 of stolen gold for more than a year. Tobiassen was not only re-elected cratic platform. Culbert Olson, canto the United States Mint in San The.men are being held for FedFive men, Jim Vasion, Peter but went into office with probably didate for governor, in his primary Francisco between’ January, 1936 eral Grand jury investigation, which Zdrich, Roy Staton, C. B. Circle and the largest vote ever given a sheriff sipdeches, expressed a sympatthetic Henry Yuen, charged with rioting and February 1938, the largest albody is now in session in Sacramenin this.county at the primary. The attitude and promised ‘his cooperaon January 20 were convicted in leged highgrading operation in the to. Other arrests are expected to foleditor of this newspaper was: satistion if the amendment carries. history of California mining. . low. sentenced to. six 1. Registration for General ElecJune, and all fied and thousands of other voters Governor Merriam declared ‘that jail, in months °$600 fine, with one were satisfied that the sheriff had in the campaign, candidates should tion, November 8, 1938, closes Septexception. C,"E. Circle, regarded as no first hand knowledge of his speak out sincerely and honestly, ember 29, 1938. @ leader in the rioting was sentenec2. Voters must reside in state one deputy’s activity in buying gold. He said that he had given his ened_to eight months in jail. dorsement four years ago to. the year—County 90 days—Precinct 40 At four o’clock this afternoon, the But whether the sheriff would Townsend OldA-ge Pension because days, in order to register. fday’s venire panel was. exhausted. have been injured or not in his eleche felt that anything of this nature 3. Voters failing to vote at either Harry L. Englebright, Represention campaign, it “would still have Should be undertaken on a national a Primary or General Election in the PThe following appeared: tative in Congress from this district, unequivocaly in opposition to the pers of the CIO called the strike. +, CALIFORNIA REGISTRATION INFORMATION a’, Subject to two more premptory thallenges on the part of the defense provide -for. . the construction of a dam at Scotts} the publication of the affidavit was likely to injure “The Cold‘Center . MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1938. FOR “THIRTY EVERY BONDNEV.ELECTION IRRIGATION DIST. TRIAL OF GRANT [Federals Arrest Four THURSDAY PLAN SPEAR BEGINS In Alleged $750,000 ~ IS FANTASTIC” Over a month ago the Nevada City Nugget published an affidavit of two boys, who acknowledged Sheriff Tobiassen complained NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA _ The County Seat Paper . BERT’S OPENING IS THRONGED BY HOST OF FRIENDS ENGLEBRIGHT SPEAKS AT G. V. ROTARY LUNCH been the ‘duty of this newspaper to a newspaper is, just publishing tion for the news. Alongside that: the title of the Nevada City Nugget on or ends.”’ Was the end justifiable? Events ly estimated as worth $5,000 to $7,000, one, the younger brother of the Ww. the Grass Valley Rotary club today at luncheon in Bret Harte Hansen, Mrs. Falye Itwas a little over ten years ago Scott, Mrs. ed situation that arise in congress Goodnight, Louis Montre, Bert Chegwidden, of Bert’s Dry with the death of Senator Joe Robotherwise become a citizen to registFAlbert C. Thomas, Ida S. Hatton, inson, majority leader, and of RepGoods Store, took over the business merchant, W. R. er for any election is 99. days prior ‘William Jaeckle,. William Ulirich, J. resentative Byrns in the House of of the veteran ‘C. Hall, L. B. Dundas, Mrs. Ay BludRowe, and began a long and honorto such election. Representatives. The administration re-register. follows: “As the 5. Last day to or . . :Chas’ Li be naturalized 6. Registered voters moving withSoe. was able to obtain the election able career of merchandising, giving~ of Mrs. Beene T. Durbrow, las Alben Barkley-of Kentucky over what a great many preach and few “On such a basis I believe all conin forty days of an election to an: . other precinct in the same county ,©C°¢oran, William Roddy, William) Senator Harrison by the bare majorpractice, “service with a smile.” cerned should ‘speak with honesty and with clarity concerning all genu are entitled to vote in precinct where Smith, Ona L. Underwood, Mrs. A. F, ine issues; and particularly with res previously registered. Joerschke, Gertrude M. Esterly, Wil ily, at least, seems to dwarf all oth years of age on or before Election/NeWberry, Ida Fae have proved it so. Of the two boys pect to a question which, temporar who admitted stealing gold, various addressed 4. Voters who have moved must Henry Ripkin, Rose D. Hubbard, A. Inn. He described the unprecedent The governor’s statement, in part, é¢ampaign advances it this page is this boxed statement of j shall be at all times my purpose to Alexander Hamilton: deal sincerely with all questions, and “The Liberty of the Press consists to invite the opposition to do likein the right to publish the Truth, wise. is with good motives and for justifiable Mrs. 'M. H. Perkins, Frank Shaw, A. C. Hocking, Samuel F. Cluphf, even numbered years must re-regist. , scale, otherwise any state attemptirs publish the news, The only justificait would become bankrupt. ers. “T 7. Any person reaching: twenty one j) liam Segsworth, B. G. Spicer, M. F. Day may register at ; refer to the-so-called the O’Connor ity or depression, Bert’s has prosper of ed, chiefly by New York, was defeated by just three selling first class Edith] votes by the administration’s choice, goods with his, or his manufactur regular)#arms, Cora O. Frink, Ida Knittel,. Repesentative Rayburn time in anticipation of this event. thirty Meeker, Through thick and thin, prosper ity of one vote, 38 to 37, and in the house representative Thos. M. Harris, J. F. Seley. of er’s Texas. While did not say so, Representative. guarantee backing and a determination most that items, patrons alleged gold buyer, has been sent to. 8. On application to the Registar’s. Chas. H. Wood, Phil Personini, Ro-. Englebright indicated clearly. the should be really satisfied. dollars-a-week plan. office, ten days before registration ‘bert Koehler, Owen Roberts, G. Bert’s has grown steadily, though a—reformatory, and the other has L. very narrow majority by which the . “Believing it to be fantastic, that closes, a deputy will be sent to reg Gallmeister, not spectacularly, until been placed on probation until he is Margaret today his Hamilton, . administration holds power in conit not only will fail miserably in ap21 years old. Grass Wallin, Marion B. Loney, Vivgress and is able to force acceptstaff numbers five, each one trained ister any shut-in. A deputy also will plication, but will bring financial in the best traditions of efficient and 4 an Caliste, Emily Simpson, George ance of the New Deal program of redisaster in its wake, I am unreservedbe sent to collect said vote due noThe Federal authorities became courteous
service. Galetto. Ed Pardini. tice having been given the. Regisforms. ly opposed to. the scheme. extremely active’ ‘with the-publica= + The following are to appear TuesThe liberal patronage ackorded trar’s” Office ten “days before btece There were a large number of vis“Whatever old age security law tion of the afifidavit, and four men day morning: Bert’s Dry Goods Store, not only by tion, iting Rotarian s at the Grass Valley may be adopted should be nationa} have been arrested it is believed, Edward L. Bell, Winnie Murphy, ‘luncheon. Ed Burtner, song leader, residents of Grass Valley, but by 9. Application to County Clerk for in scope. Anything less—a state partly as a result of the confession Kathryn Bishop, J. B. McKenney, practiced the club in several Nevada City and San Juan Ridge plan such as proposed—simply inAbsent Voter Ballot may be made new of the two boys and are now in the folks, in fact, by people living Ada P. Eden, Lenora Brooks, Lois songs, not more than 20 days nor less than vites the eligible: here from other Sacramento jail charged with dealing . Eden, Eunice Ann Coan, Jess Sutton, . throughout tHe county and beyond, 5 days prior to elections. Same must states and eventually will bring ruin in high-grade gold. Other arrests have made it possible for Bert Chegto the old age security cause and be huh dag date not more than 6 days at-. Walter eagles Ghuree aida buch FINDS OLD ROUGH AND are soon expected. : widden to expand the show room and service facilities of his store. The Nugget takes the position that This process of modernizing and : ; Rudolph, . Guire, Leticia M.° Ingle, a a ie anon ee re stolen gold is stolen whether it ila . dotnine the store has just been enowe l eeuiah ae financial disaster to the salaried and. ‘eT Ae aie aes wi 2 ae LEGA comes out of a bank, someone’s pri vate mattress, or from a mine. Thiey Die asa CORNISHMAN MEASURES Si hy brst tvencs .'rowne. o eh are ak forks ie a saci READY CERTIFICATE . —-MURCHTE PUMP ROD 2,%cSvinn@. 6" owas,wo] tt tues Savona ors en tan os IM. Sione fire fire dispatcher for . completed and last Friday night Bert held open house for his. host of es are still thieves whether they rust-. friends. Night Officer Jim Williams tells. faa Maeiis mhomesa. le cattle or purloin high-grade ore. end and to which principle, because ee M. tion’»at Tamales Bay. While there And the friends came by scores To suppress gold thieving in the it is nationwide in its application. I a story on an old time Cornish miner) Mr. Stone’s father planned to pur-. ohnson, Juliet Cox, Edwina M. Ellsand hundreds to view a brand new am, giving support. mines, viewed from a very practical who worked at the chase an old building ‘and while Murchie mine worth. interior. New counters in beautiful“On this significant day in partistandpoint, helps to maintain a high looking it over found an old Rough years ago. Some trouble was experly finished gum wood, new shelving, Harold Robinson, elisor, sumstandard of wages, for the miners, ;cular, which all true Americans obienced by the pumpmen and the mamoned the panel of 75 veniremen, a and Ready mine stock certificate abundant and modern lighting facbetter dividends for stock’ holders serve in honor of our workers as chinery was quiet for a time. One of which was for 12% shares and numilities, swanky dressing rooms for part of whom appeared today. Geo. and increased confidence on the part Labor Day, I can think of no greatthe 'men suggested to the miner that bered 178. It: stated ore in the mine dress fitting, and down through the Anderson, appeared as attorney for er jeopardy to employment, no great! of investors in the mining industry. was worth $700 a ton in gold with he go down and measure the pump the defense and Vernon Stoll discenter of the store a series of tables er undermining of the security of rod. After a silence of an The keystone in the high-grading our teachers and of all workers, both more the man returned. arch is the go-between, the man who] in buys high-grade ore from miners who filch it from the mines, extracts the gold, and in turn sells it to the wholesalers who have found an ave nue of disposing of it either abroad private and public hour or occupations, Well, what did it measure he was than such a scheme. asked. He said he found it to be a “Adequate income for our retired}. ‘pick and pick handle, dag and dag citizens, already undertaken in Calihandle, tap and stick and scraper, fornia will soon reach its objective two bloody great rocks and a piece only if the problem is attacked honof string, your two fingers and your or to the U S. Mint. When the keyestly and sanely. Any other: approach stone crumibles the whole arch falls. will add merely to the heartaches,. We do not profess to know all the the hardships, and the privations of details connected with the story told those entitled to such income. “T invite the voters of all political by the two boys some weeks ago. As a rule thieves are not particularly faiths to join in a crusade for. hon trict attorney, prosecuted, by John Larue. assisted CANADIAN LEGION INTALLS OFFICERS The Canadian Legion of the Twin thumb.’’ Necessity is the mother. of Cc ities held installation Satuday eve invention, and the Englishman had ning in Grass Valley. Newly installJohn Greentree, taken the methods at hand to meased officers are: commander; J. S. Foreman, Nevada ure the rod. City, first vice commander; E. Uren, GOLD STAR DREDGING COMPANY second vice commander; Alec Jamie _ truthful, but enough was told by the esty and sanity in public policy and The Gold Star Dredging company chaplain; Eddie Blamire, adjutant; two boys to supply federal authoritin public leadership. has started installing a dredge be-. P hil Metrovich, inner guard; John “In such a crusade there are no tween the Atlas Mining ies with valuable clues. company Hill, finance officer. barriers of party, of section, or of] ground and the Penn Dredging comThe first meeting for this section public interest. te « Seedy on pany dragline dredgers now working of the Northern Area district officalong Deer Creek west of Nevada ers was held at Lake Olymipia SunCity. A caterpillar was used to build day while the auxiliary of the legion a road to take machinery and the held their meeting in Serra Hall in ELZA KILROY RECEIVES NEWS OF UNCLE’S DEATH HYDRAULIC PARLOR INSTALLATION TUES. Elza Kilroy received the sad news today of the death of his uncle, Emery Kuster, aged 48 years, in Yuba City at 10:30 this morning. He is the last of a family of eight children and was well known here where he had visited many times. Kilroy and Kuster were almost like brothers and the passing is felt keenly. Left to mourn his passing are a loving wife, two sons and a two year daughter, several cousins, and nep hew, Elza Kilroy. Funeral arrangements have not been completed any one wishing to attend the service should contact Mr. Kilroy. The body is at the Lipp and Sullivan mortuary in Marysville. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Develey of A}l high silver values. finished down to the floor in the same satiny wood as other furniture, JEWELER IN LARGED QUARTERS and loaded with all the latest and R. J. Berggren, local jeweler of Pine street, has just about completloveliest things dear to the feminine heart. They ohed! and ahed! at the ed settling his new stock in the ensoft but. effective lighting system, larged store space provided for him . they admired, no end, the resplendrecently ‘when partitions were torn ent new show windows. They conout from the store space formerly occupied by Norman Kistle. The disgratulated Bert and the members of his staff; noted that in honor of the play is quite attractive and will enoccasion and to honor Bert\and his able Mr. Berggren to carry a much staff a great many friends a well larger stock of. jewelry. wishers had contributed splendid Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ghidotti are floral pieces and giant bouquets. “There is just one thing I can ti 1 vacationing in San Francisco this week amd expect to return home you, Bert,’’ said one pleased grand _ Thursday. Mr. Ghidotti is manager dame, who knew Bert when he was of the Caardinal storg@,and Mrs. Ghione a head taller than a dachhund. dotti is with the Alpha Hardware “and that is you have brought class to the Sierras.” store. Demand for houses in Nevada continues ‘brisk, Several new along the'stream. This will make the After the sessions were over the anThe officers of Hydraulic Parlor, third dragline dredge to work on nual picnic was enjoyed at Lake Olyhomes have been noted. Native Sons of the Golden West, gravel banks, ore from quartz mines mpia. Officers were present for the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wyant, the will be installed Tuesday night by and concentrates .to be found along northern area meeting from all over Shamrock ‘owners, have purchased District Deputy Grand President the stream the latter from old minCalifornia, among them being State the house of Clara Angiolini Pratt George Hamnfil of Quartz Parlor, No. es in operation years ago. James F. Commander Max Bricknell; Northern on Boulder street and moved into 58 of Grass Valley. King is president of the company. . A rea Commander Nick Rimmer; Stat it in the last few days. W. H. DanThe officers who will be seated Adjutant, P. B. Snelchell; State Auxare: Robert C. Polglase, president; iels, local realtor .made the sale, Tony Deschwanden of Gold Flat. il iary Commander Mrs. Evans. Robert Tucker, first vice president; i s doing some remodeling in preSaturday evening the Canadian A new home for David Arnott of Gerald Peard, second vice president; paration for winter. Mr. and Mrs./L egion members, Auxiliary, visiting Alta Hill at Grass Valley was startCarl Hieronimus, third vice presidBrian Krough have re-roofed their officers and members paraded ed today. Roy Clark purcha ent; Dr. C. W. Chapman, recording sed lumhome on Drummond street. The roof through the streets of Grass Valley. ber for a new home on the Willow secretary; Miles-D. Coughlin, finanwas cut*into and a large room with The Oakland Drum and Bugle Corps Valley road and it is well on the road cial oale ahd Joe G. O’Neill, treaswindows facing south was formed to which were to havé been in the parto completioo. John McQuay ” the ‘urer; EJ. Baker, trustee, J. C. give more space in this cosy home. ade arrived about ten minutes late. contractor. Scheemer, trustee; Clarence BE. Martz However those participating formed . senior past president; William 4H. . Mrs. Will Walthers of San Frana colorful line-of march with their E. W. Penrose of Nimrod street James,junior past president; James cisco spent the past week end in brilliant uniforms and headgear and tore down his old home and is build-. Peard, inside sentinel, Edward Pow: Nevada City visiting her brother, a good crowd was out to view the ing a cosy new one. Walter Merriell. outside sentinel. James F, Dolan, and wife. Upon her parade. gan is contractor. Many visiting brothers are.expectreturn home Sunday she accompa niequipment to the gravel. deposits Grass Valley yesterday forenoon. City. CAPTAIN BRUCE HILL. ROTARY SPEAKER TI Captain Bruce Hill, of the ‘Cait fornia Debris Commission of Sacramento, will give an illustrated lec-— ture on aerial photigraphy at the Rotary meeting Thursday. Officers. of the California Hydraulic Miners association have been invited bandite tend as guests. A meeting was held in the Tahoe National Forest headquarters @ ing the last few days ands F tendent DeWitt Nelson cut down flood control crews as appropria expire September 30, Th special appropriation of-n this work which was carried 0 ver the national forest. It wil. inate three LYOws. sisted mostly of bridge. leghany visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl ed for the occasion. a nd repair, repairing There will be . ed Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Jackson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson visited , Ross F. Taylor, Sierra county min-. Johnson and Mr, and Mrs. Jas. F. refreshments places construction served after the meet-'as far as Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker of Marysing engineer, was a business Dolan Saturday. visitor . ig. Jackson attended the state fair. ville Sunday. in Nevada City today. : “tol