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September 17, 1934 (4 pages)

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\ 4 » 4 ® county, 40 when ever possible estab» youth . ers of this school were: “on. the school’s bad boy. This is Nevada City s. ONLY Hometown Newspaper. Et supports things. worth while. Do you suboe scribe for it? wa 00 oun ane , \ Vol. Vill, No. 88 The County Seat Paper \Nevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press “And California Newspaper x uEuaret Association Your Hometown Newspaper helps community. build your and it a Readers advertisers make good builder. NEVADA CITY, CALI FORNIA ASE CREE RSL SP ETD The GOLD =a MONDAY, SEPT. 17, 1934 Forest Fire Fighter Dies in Death Trap e fire at Chalk Bluff yesto which’the National Forest 140 men and thé'state outside this city, 18 jand the first fatality of” + The fores rer Shei in charge camp, also near his life . now at.the Jones Memorial hospital in Grass Valley in condition Chalk Bluff, the site of hydraulic ' operations in early days, rises abrupt-,; ly from a small canyon. ‘the wind the ' flames this small canyon, which was filled with second growth timber. The men were hemmed in on all sides by the raging inferno of flames utterly ‘unable to climb. the . bank. ire. Warden, of t} m the state ervice sent came losing camp just resulted “this season. IMC. in fire George Dewey Nicholson, burned to death. thirty-eight year old, the son of of sel . city, was He was Mrs. and A change. in course Louisa'Nicholson, was.born here sided here all his turned of the had 1 Whe Hooper will life, up remains are. at Funeral Home. held ) y the HolmesAn inquest ‘this eight in Grass ! evening Holmes be at and o'clock Valley. Coroner steep George Howe, assis William Besides his mother Georoge Nich. Olson is survived by several brothers {and sisters, among them Henry Nichtent to ‘olson, .a. sheriff in one of Nevada SCi 1001 BEL. L poe counties, and Alfred Nicholson COLUMBIA HILL ae . fire ning. About four hundred acres were burned over according to the report of Fire Warden Sharp. Superintendent R. L. P. Bigelow ‘feels that emphasis should be stressed on the fact thatthe’ fire was of incendiary origin. It caused the . death of a good’man and the serious injury to another. The incendiary is always potentially a murderer. spoUEit under douneal early last eveFor the first time in-ten years the . school bell at Columbia Hill is ringing. Ringing in. the same old school with the same call to This time it is} and . i house . as of yore. calling about ten pupils but in the a critical } RATTLER MAKES HAPPY HOME IN WOODSHED, Miss Peggy Hoffman, one of the qc. K., staff, declares that it to be-very chilly rother shed at . IH xg all P has & ‘pefore she or her b vill go into the woodtheir pretty home, 420 Mars) street, Grass Valley, to . olan) up a few sticks of wood to ii keep the home fires burning. they stop, around the pole, then. they seize} dash out . { . . . . i a . When they do go in, look and woodpile with listen, with a lightning three or four prod a long . dash, sticks and again. The re snake ason is that biz his a raitle made in the woodshed. Nevada this. way. Bue has happy. home. troubled in Grass Valicy . rattlesnakes from time to time do try a come-back. Once before, according to Pegzy . Hoffman, a wood: dealer in the winter supply, handed the family a baby rattler concealed in an armful of: wood, and this infant reptile grew to, be a big fellow with several rattles, before he finally disappeared. : The present tenant of the woodshed has never exhibited his rattlers but he does tune up along about noon. Any little disturbance during the warmer hours of the day and he lets off: his alarm. In fact the family prefers that he do this and then they know whether it is safe to lay in a supCity is never tossing . old days the presiding pedagogue reigned over 60 or 70 youngsters ranging in years from five to nineteen. Some of them who so nimbly danced to the rythmn of the hickory stick are among our most prominent citizens, and many a tale there is tu be gleaned if you can get them in a reminiscent mood. Among our notables who have attended the Columbia Hil! The fire started in the old diggings near Chalk Bluff and covered 250 acres of privately owned land ane crossed the Brady ranch at You Bet, but all the buildings were saved. FIRES FLARE AT COLUMBIA HILL At two o’clock the word was phon, ed to'the Tahoe National Forest . . headquarters in Nevada City that . school are: George Calanaun, . three fires had just started near CoO’Neil, Dan Coughlan, Vincent llumbia Hill flaring up one after the; ley, Horace Curnow, Supervisor i,. other in quick succession as if they B. Dudley, J. P. Coughlan, of San!had been set by an incendiary. . Francisco, assistant president of it Superintendent R. L. P. Bigelow } ®. G. & E. Among the former teach. took charge at once and men are be. M. B. Prock ing dispatched to care for of Grass Valley, the late A. D. Gass. outbreak. away, Wm. Gray, the Emma Wolf and the former John ‘th € the new. ‘ former Miss . ma Vlewelly. The former Paehe : ae MOTOR CARS CRASH ON GAULT BRIDGE . have a.story. to tell on the other. ! Sun REEREEEEEEEEeihaEeeeenem . Here’s one on George Calanan: » feorge was delegated by the presid. ing pedagogue.to go out and cut some good stout switches, these to be used A traffic night at nine . bridge, accident happened last o'clock on the Gault, involving a 1927 Chevrolet . Soups driven. by Ray Wilde, ; City “high school boy, ‘and a driven by a man from Lincoln. Ray Wilde, with Dick Stevens his sole companion in the car, was coming down the hill past Polglaze’s. Just he turned into the bridge his car’s front end caught: the other car’s rear end, thus swinging the Lincoln car around so that it struck the western rail of the bridge, the .rather flimsy foot out of The rear Nevada .George was reluctantly and ver: thoughtfully cutting the switches an along came Charlie Paine. helpful mood Charlie by stacking the switches as George cut them. George did’nt notice that as Charlie stacked each switch, he, with his knife, cut. rings around the switches, said circies not being visable in the bark. ithered up the switches them reluctantly. to the that difficult and delicate job was completed. The ly lay them on the waiting’ tulprit, lo! fell into a thousaty car in @ most as began helping as sharp = Eee hn knocking George g% anid railing about aj delivered line. teacher with a sigh a the Lincoln fenders bent of vas broken, and the ihe other car, No axle car iF % . . fe . . . . on teacher immediate began -t when . one was hurt. C Officer W: the switches 1) Fouyer was atthe scene the ly of acei-> . pieces. . Just what happened to our dent after it happened. short CLUB ROOMS REOPENED . UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Alla . present ,onorable councilman imagine. city buried phy at this point, you can! . Charlie . ¢ gt said that Paine his nose in his 10LTE Superintendent, Mrs. the school, which is in the Cherokee dis. trict; as an emetgency school, with Miss Olga Owens, Truckeef as teacher. Mrs. Austin is making every effort to give the best that California has to to child in the County. . Pp ; . Austin has established “My the Passt Thursdays ect ‘me arty known Club, being opened Ted ‘owner and operator. Extensive alterations have been made and much new equipment has been added by Mr. Janiss. The front of the establishment has been completely changed. Mr. Janiss extends a hearty invitation to come in and visit his ‘‘My Place’’ and get acquainted. There will also be a lunch counter for his patrons service. BLACK WIDOW BITES GIRL IN OAK VALLEY . CAMPTONVILLE, Lynch}, of Oak , was. bitten by a black widow spider on the back of meeting and greet the members and the hand a few days ago, ane now visitors with a short talk, after {recovering from the ordeal. She forwhich there will be a program. Mrs. tunately had serum and treatment a8 O. McCraney will give a book revue; hand for this emergency and adminMrs. Christian Anderson, chairman, ]istered first aid immediately. She will play two mandolin selections and ,vras quite sick for three days but now there i to be another good number . feels no bad effects from the bite. onthe program. All parents and i f the school are invited to ne fea reception. Refreshments } #5 Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. T. will be served atthe close of the} DuHaone and son,‘ Thomas Jr., of neh Do ee lace: as ime is by Janiss, offer every lishes these emergency schools as the need .arises. RECEPTION FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHERS FRIDAY The P. T. A. is giving a reception and program Friday afternoon at the school from three to four in honor of the teachers. Mrs. Leland Smith, president, will open the Sept. 17.—Babe zrammar ae grammi Valier Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dolan had ‘hold a charity card party in the beau-~ . O'Neil on Friday afternoon. ; ciation, . pose, . for a new shaft. ply of wood against the chill of morning and evenings. Mrs. Lidyard, Miss Hoffman’s mother, has seen the serpent’s big ugly. head, once or twice. “Someday,’’ says Miss Hoffman, “we are going: to get that fellow.’’ IRATE MAN WITH RIFLE DISTURBS . The growing peace of Willow Valley suburb Nevada City, many miners employed in es Murchie mine make their of where homes, I been sadly disturbed of late by and threatening de Wiltiam Nhaugh 1Vvifle shots smeanor and after subsided, of Ehaugh, had apparettly Dy a gunsmith testing his workmans shiy at all hours on the i shi sorh hood of the Murchie. First man who disturbance was Ebaugh, wears long hair sometime’ has Ss, and for the ers been tz ' j j { . . ling in the neighborhood. The mination of eri ing who rage on: the eized his rifle part. of Ebaugh woods . . . Plaint late Thursday evening ! ;Prehend Ebaugh, ; armed with both revolver and rifle, {but found him in a defiant mood. Ebaugh ‘complained bitterly of treatment in the neighborhood refused to surrender. and watch for the man. Ebaugh, a relative of the Sherm been an inmate of a state asylum. Thursday night while Sheriff Carter and for him, leavi ing their car by roadside, a fisherman returning late, paused by the sheriff's car. Only a;
few paces away Ebaugh, who, ‘ELKS WILL GIVE GARDEN PARTY Nevada City Lodge of Elks will blank, the A gas bomb, whiich Carter ally able to explode close to Ebaugh, appeared in the brush. some form of dementia. and Mrs. John The af. fair will be open to the public, the ' proceeds will be turned over to the . Biks Charity Fund. Besides the Laied games the guests will have the pleasure of enjoying the charming setting of the O’Neil gardens which are beautifully adapted to such an tiful gardens of Mr. Ebaugh is, reported to have stffered a blow upon the head whe boy from which he has never: ered. ‘MISS CATHERINE PARSONS} BRIDE OF HAROLD BISHOP: affair. The lawns, shade trees and the gay colorfnl background for green flowers making a the ladies. HIGH SCHOOLP.T.A. WILL BE ORGANIZED oh group of iathare of high school . students, are loping High School Parent Teachers Asso; and. are inviting ‘all parents, the students at} teachers and friends of to meet this afternoon at 4 \p. m. the high school auditorium. Officers the Third District State Parent. and Teacher Organization will be present to explain purto youths of ol be; isn . and advantages gained Nevada City having a local chapter. It requested that all . sibly can come to this inforinal meet. ainys, for is who pos-; ing whether they plan to Join or wot. Those who ‘ia the ganization of the high school P. A., this evening arrived this afternoon. They are: Mrs. Henry Web\ ber, of Colfax, president of the Ne. vada-Placer P. T. A., and first vice president of the third district of California; Mrs. W. EB. Wade, of: Colfax, second vice president of the NevadaPlacer council; Mrs. R. M. Hughes a visitor from Colfax; Mrs. E. T. Stoll, of Sacramento, taking the place of Mrs. Bevil, of Sacramento, the state’s \ third district organizer; and Mrs. W. H. Wilson, of Sacramento, chairman of the finance and budget committee of the third district. or™ 18 a! will assist “MURCHIE: MINE reports are thai PRODUCING Latest crews are taking out at present all levels In the Murchie nine, east of Nevada City. A raise is about half completed between the 400 and 800 foot levels, in the company’s plans On the 1600 foot level, sinking is being done to prepare for a pump that will be used in the bottom of the new shaft. George Kervin is superigtendent of the ore on meeting. ' Sacramdnto. ¥ . to organize al! 'of Cambridge in tlre beautiful’ Ej .pal marriage service. i white i slippers. (and Miss Catherine Aes aan Parsons thre of Mr. Harold Whitney Bishop ‘on Saturday Septembecame bride berS) at: four p.i0.,.at the Wyman } Memorial church of St. Andrew ! Marblehead, Massachusetts. Rev. in toy the chureh Dunen, yrindy, rector of sisted Archdeacon Ernest J. MI, aspiscoThe bride and large hat' and carried .a@ colonial boquet The maid of Dride, Miss York: City: with wore a gown of white white of a face chiffore and a roses. honor, the Reatrice Spring, New white chiffon figures The Ruth = «© Lindqnist, Mass., and Miss Shirley’ Putnan, (Springfield, Mass., yellow gandie and carried colorful tn. the pastel shades. The maids were classmates and sorority cousim of of wore. a gown and and STS bat and Miss brown brown two bridesmaids, of Longmeadcw, _wore boquets bridessisters of the bride at Massachusetts i Kunear, . state cotlege. Mr. Kenneth a class mate-of the groom at Massachusetts State acted as best mai. Mr. Mr. Malcome Ober, of Marblehead, Frank Bishop, of Springfield. were ushers. LATE VICTOR GIANI IS BORNE TO REST Funeral services were held for the (late Victor Giani at the Holmes Funeral parlors at two o'clock this afternoon. Members of Corte Christopher, of which deceased was a member, attended. Interment was held at Pine Grove Cemetery. Victorio was a native of Trontana, Italy, born in 1879. For the past 30 years he has been engaged as a miner in this district. Much of this time was spent in Sierra county. For the past three yearg he has been in very poor health. He is survived by three brothers, which are of thig city, and property, é two in Italy, i » . WELCOW VALLEY ia tast . % tbs J ridge in the nei2 and whiskarget of ill considered jest.and teaséul. this torment was a tow, and took to the’ Sheriff Carter responded to a com. anal ‘with his deputies endeavored to ap. On Friday he was . , able to speak with the man, who was his Several deputies have been assisting in keeping Heckers, rane with them. He has his deputies were looking . the} that work on the airport will’ begin . across the road was! ingthe north’ runway will be done by apparently thinking . SERA labor. the sheriff had returned, fired point . Boei bullet passing so elose the‘ made a careful survey of the field, fisherman felt the wind on his face, ! was fin! failed to have any effect. Ebacgh dis-! . airplanes. . The man is . now betieved to be suffering from . MN @+an appropriation from the state recov. get to improve the Yuba: Pass high. ; . HOGE 300 FOOT LEVEL ARCHDEACON OFFICIATES . fers in the next day or sO. } mine om the 800 foot level where STRENGTH OF NEVADA finents last year and even a greater of . interest or. tournament. } —_~—— wi Deer Hunters Lucky . On Sunday Opening sroup of Nevada Gity friends . from) San . t i \ A two men with . the honor Cecil of killing the Curtis, buck Nevada. City boy, killed a nicé two point buck in the Drum) district. He is expected in Nevada City ‘today to visit with relaLivermore, five former from taiael and two from Coe . twenty two in all, went ona hunt in the Omega mine They left lumbia, (deer ' { } . . ; ; a district. H j . t Nevada four had . group of them . killed a three . Lead, or old Relief Hill. W. a City about o'clock Sunday Sz morning. that for They Franciseo hunters at the Blue digzings near mn luck went back today { They one shot by such good some of point buck more deer. Malakoff brought three Paul Bake sh and one in yesterday, . Paul sen. . kk Bb. Kendrick illed county ye Beg eae r, one by ai id Jim Stephens point buck in. Sierra sterday which weighed. 120 1 j by Carl 1 \ The group of hunters Mat Tobi two form de deer at about . . w vs wes us LAVA CAP PLANS cee’: TUNNEL CENTRAL. TO BANNER MINE :and Denzie Rondoni from the Forest ‘ Hill section. To Mr. One hundred and twenty eight men are now employed by the Lava Cap: mine ‘it was learned today, a new peak in employment for this company. While the ore running $500, specimens of .which formed part of Nevada county’s exhibit at the State . Fair, is found in Ienses,. characteris. tic of this district, Superintendent Otto E. Schiffner states that he believes the company now has sufficient ore in site to keep the: mill running for a least a year. Specimens that run high in values . show around sixty ounces in silver and five itn gold. Yesterday Mr. Schiffner exhibited a piece of ore in A’ representative of the! Which there was a solid chunk of siling Transport Company, MeN The veim which was first intersectsaid that when completed, the ie on the 1000 foot level’ has been port with its three way access will be . explored in both upper and lower ‘suitable for the landing of the larger j levels. The a party 1 i and They. always get their , every. year go for a er hunt; , the same. place. A 160 pound four {brought in by a Tony Fradelizio, Fendelizio WORK AT AIRPORT BEGINS UNDER SERA AFTER FIRST RAIN At their adjourned meeting Thursday night, the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce acted upon some mat-, ters of importance to this district. ‘An interesting report of Nevada . county exhibit at the State Fair was jmade by W. H. Griffiths. The Ne{vada county ‘exhibit was awarded five prizes. E. €. Uren announced £0eS . . . . . immediately after the first rain. Grading, clearing trees and smoothwho ha important development : planned Mr. Schiffner is to folC: Uren were appointed to meet . low this vein by tunnel’ from the ; with the Grass Valley. Chamber. of . Central shaft to the Banner, extract, Commerce to discuss ways to secure ing ore as the work proceeds, and at budthe same time defining values and stablishing ore reserves:. next R. J. Beanetts, George Calanan and . Dy Way. . LEASERS AT WORK ON . . The mine is now on a self sustain'ihg basis. and’ has definitely passed’ . from a prospective to a productive status. The proportion of silver ,found tn Lava Cap ores; according to ight of the old crew of the Hoge ‘engineers familiar witli this district mine are to go into the mine as leas-. cstablishes, is without precedent. They w ily large ugh grade milting ore was opened up . just abeut the time: the mine, was: closed. As soon as enough ore is mined it! will be milled in the Hoge mill. The mine was closed recently for reorg HI GRIDDERS TESTED Cashin’s field was the scene: of hard-fought grid battle between two sections of Nevada City high’s football! players. Coach plete will recuee again. Barron called this test battle in or. der to find the strength ef the jndi' vidual Geprrued, ne in order to pre, ELKS SOON TO OPEN. ae and ote al BOWLING TOURNEY sev Stine It is Re to" 2 anization and as soon as plans are zomdonghty ive the line-tp because it changed, The pat the games was frequently list cf those pDleyed inPick Bennett, B° Sennett, Yeunkin, Gerald Ralls, Dor Fan Robbins, Phil Joyal, Bill Shary:, Art. BlDoolittle, Morvis, Rubs Tobiassen, Me*i: Coulter, Crowning, Lacey Jones, Don Elks condition hws alley, is being ; use and) but in ‘Octo. (ludes: Kenneth a 7 » » in fer heavy a ( Wid will begin early : ber. There were some lively tourna'Wilhans, oatepnens, Mervin is fall) Jim linet, INTO FURNACE TO DIE stevons,* Dick Marriott, Ray Steger, The Tlack team, on whiehwere Pasquale Skretti, mill worker Loyalton logging plant, crawled inInost of lest years varsity mv vn, WoR §5-0. x side a blazing FiraDOS in the lumber mill. 1835 EDITION OF PAPER anticipated for the Carl ina ‘ ersily Mrs. Leslie Land loanéa the Native Daughters and Sons a four page four column daily /paper, Morning Herald, of May 6 1835, making it : 99 years old. is vol. 1, No. 1, and ~ was published by Jas. Gordon Ben*nett and @0., of Wall Street, N, Y. : made a thorough investigation of the . Advertising rates are $30 per square © affair. An inquest was called by the . of 16/lines per year. It carried four Sierra county coroner and the verdict . colGmns of classified ads. The first of suicide returned. It was stated ‘article was a Bible sketch of Matthat there were no reasons to sus thew the Phophet; then came Theafoul play in connection with the . trical Chit Chat, Late and Tmportan death. News of Europe, comment on’ Identification of the remains was made by Skretti’s shoes, which were sticking out the door. He was 45 years of age and is survived by sons. Sheriff W. B. Johnson and District Attorney McMahon, of Sierra county, Lwo . . . J. A. Casserly, of leghany, who is visiting at the me of Mrs. A. M. Lattin in Nevada City is awaiting the arrival of George Tchernghoneff of Los Angeles, who is to look over the Wyoming mine near Alleghany which quoted in Shillings. hand set, solid, with smal» ! and no mistakes. r. and Mrs. Ed Uren. We iit Mra. Charles G Sunday at Lake Tahoe. js a property of Mr. Casserly. f