September 30, 1938 (8 pages)

a eo @ deluded and . command refused to @ana if true, that alone were a pary noble presentation of human sentiThinking . Out Loud By H. M. L. We would have been glad to hear President Roosevelt repeat for his fireside audience his Tuesday night message to Hitler. Instead a press representative read it over the radio. We ragard President Roosevelt’s appeal for peace, addressed to the German fuehrer, as a document that deserves to be enshrined with the great and inspiring utterances of American statesmen and Presidents. In limpid language, in manifest sincerity, and in cogent reasoning, the President reached a lofty plane on which we devotedly wish he could remain in both foreign and domestic relations for the rest of his administration. Our own opinion is, frankly, that, figuratively speaking, both Premier Chamberlain and PreSident Roosevelt have been casting their pearls before swine. We regard any man who authorizes the murder of his political enemies, many of them old comrades and friends, cruelly persecutes and terrorizes ‘the Jews, or other people in his power, as a. ravening monster accursed of God. If President Roosevelt’s appeal bears any fruit in the half-mad ‘brain. of Germany's dictator, it will be because 130,000,000 people, possessing half the gold in the world, were represented in that. message. Hitler cannot have forgotten the part’ the Wnited States playéd in the world war. To him, undoubtedly the President’s words are a threat, though there was nothing in them _ that could remotely be construed as a threat. It was rather a prayer addressed to the obsessed ruler of a over-trusting people. We can only surmise its effect, but it does seem probable that the fuehrer was influenced to postpone his march into Czechoslovakia, and to call: together» the premiers of England, France,’ Italy to confer with him in Munich on questions involving the peace of Europe. {It is also possible that neither the appeals of President Roosevelt or Premier Chamberlain had anything to do with the postponement of war. The rumor that the German army. march when} Hitler ordered them to, may be true, ‘. ll Neva BUILDING EDITIO da City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA € sinemniiainatiatisniaennt From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton ae Vol. 12, No. 76. The ‘County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA e Gold Center FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1938. DR. VAN ALSTYNE TALKS TO ROTARY ON CZECH CRISIS Dr. Richard VanAlstyne, professor of history, and head of the department of social studies in Chico State College, yesterday addressed the Nevada City Rotary club on some aspects of the crisis arising from the Czechoslakian-German impasse. The talk was of intense interest owing to its timely character. At the outset, Dr. Van Alstyne, called attention to the fact: that the Rotary ideal of international understanding, and, in case of misunderstanding, of arbitration, was parently not only realizable, but is perhaps being realized faster than many would think. Twenty four years ago, Dr. Van Alstyne stated, if one ruler expressed the intention of appropriating or taking possession of a slice of territory of a neighboring country, there never for a moment would have been question of war. It would have been a certainty, Especially would this be true if any national head voiced such bitterness and called his neighbors such approbious epithets as Hitler has in the past few days. The fact that war has not resulted, and it now seems reasonably sure will not result, indicates, in the opinion of Dr. Van Alstyne, that peace can be preserved even under the ‘most provoking conditions. European governments are accustomed to look for boundaries which are marked by great natural barriers, such as mountains or wide rivers. Between Canada and Mexico, Dr. Van Alstyne said, we have no such boundaries. We have grown accustomed to feeling quite safe in having only a line demarking national boundaries. in the case of Canada, running often across a flat open country. In the case of Mexico, there is a river to be sure, but of such character as to. form little impediment to invasion. When Czechoslavikia came _ into ap. =" HOME . . the most vital of all American institutions, the very bulwark of civilization, founded on the dreams and ideals of a progressive people. HOME . . ment! From the Home emanates the song of industry. The rhythm of ax and saw biting deeply into tall timber; the mill grinding out its melody of clean smooth timber; the symphony of hammer and saw and plane as the Home takeson form and substance. : : Then the dream a reality, The Home completed. Peace ‘Be it-ever so humble there’s no place like Home.” . the symbol of social advance,» Contentment, Security. In five years the population of} Nevada City and Grass Valley has . practically doubled and housing has being as a result of the treaty of amount reason for postponement, Or, it is quite possible that Mussolini . whose head sits much more firmly . on his shoulders, may have given! Hitler some sound advice. In any event the world breathes more free-. ly today. War may inevitable be, but it is again postponed. Our young men, your sons and mine, are for the . moment safe. We suspect that the great majority of people in the United States “who read the foreign news and ponder on the words and actions of Hitler have made up their minds that under him, Germany is a constant menace to world peace. The same sentiment applies also to the Japanese military clique that ‘wars on China, blasting women and children into eternity, and to Italy under Il Duce, who slaughtered the Ethiopians with poison gas and. possessed their country These dictators believe that force can win whatever it is they desire, and that force is justified by the national needs. There is no such thing as absolute neutrality in human experience. We try to be neutral, to be fair minded, take a disinterested view. The judge on the bench. is legally neutral, but his humanity, nevertheless, sympathizes with one party or the other before the bar. His judgment will approach as near to absolute justice as human understanding and _ legal training will admit, but his inner conviction is unchanged. With the common run of citizens no such approach to just decisions is possible in contemplating. the barbarities of governments, which inflict torture and death upon innocent people in the pursuit of national objectives. We are violently partisan. All peoples are so in the mass. Thus it is that, one must take the pessimistic view that if war breaks out in Europe, we shall almost surely be drawn into it. Hitler, one of the two bullies of Europe, it can well be assumed does not regard the President’s appeal to him as a threat, And while the President never in his career made a more able or a more ment, or never was more careful to Versailles, it was quite natural that its boundaries should \be fixed by . those remaking Europe’s map, along} the tops of a mountain range, even . though in so doing minority groups, such as Germans, Hungarians, and . Poles were included along with the} Czechs in the newly created republic, It is human nature to make mistakes, said Dr. Van .Alstyne, all individuals make mistakes. and rectify them every day. Nations make mistakes and they must be rectified if the world is to live in peace. When the Sudeten Germans were included in the same boundaries. with. the Czechs, Dr. Van Alstyne intimated, the treaty makers of Versailles, made a grevious fundamental error. England and France are n agreed that this error should (be corrected but they do not propose that it shall be violently corrected or that war shall ‘be ‘waged on the Czechs. What is now beimg decided at the council of four nations at Munich, is the method of transferring Sudeten Germans and the homeland peaceably to Germany,’and providing an ethnic boundary instead of a rugged natural boundary between the enlarged ‘Germany and the diminished _Czechosalvakia, and providing also for maintaining and guaranteeing to the Czechs their new boundary. Dr. Van Alstyne stated that although he ‘was more often than not opposed to the New Deal policies, he wished to declare his hearty accord with the appeal and the protests made by President Roosevelt to Aloph Hitler. Carroll Coughlin, of the Alpha Stores, is spending his vacation in San Francisco. cause fear, when one thinks of the deep-seated ‘hatred the vast majority of Americans feel for dictatorial governments, one must come to the conclusion, that, although the President was entirely innocent of uttering a threat, nevertheless in such a A nation that has entered a foreign war to make the ‘world safe for democracy” will go to war again to avoid anything that could anger or defend democracy. message, a threat there is, implicit. [ not yet caught up with the needs of this increased ‘population. The reason the population has doubled is due in large measure to the influx. of miners, The influx of miners is . of course due largely to the _ fact) that the increased price of gold mak-! es available profitable reduction. ores that were formerly marginal in . value. Since March, 1933,.the num. ber of men employed in mines_has. doubled. Those who have followed the monthly mine employment survey made by the Nevada City Nugget can easily verify these figures. Anyone checking back in memory will remember that five years ago homes and business places were very scarce and far between in the four mile stretch between Nevada City and Grass Valley. Today there is visual evidence that this four mile strip is being rapidly closed. Often Nevada City and Grass Valley are referred to as the ‘‘twin cities’. As a matte of fact, from a physical standpoint they are rapidly becoming one city. Service stations, grocery stores, restaurants, pleasure resorts and homes are rapidly filling the fourmile gap. Land values along this strip of highway have doubled in five years, and in some localities are more than double the prices quoted in 1933. , Adequate Housing — Still Lacking For Growing Population PLAINTIFFS HEARD IN The suit against the Pacific Gas & Electric company, brought: by Indamages ‘as a Claiming result of a There has been a_ steady, SUIT AGAINST P. 6. & E. dian Flat residents and land owners . MERRITT RECTOR . TO MANAGE BANK IN GRASS VALLEY President L. M. Giannini of the Bank of America has appointed E. (M. Rector vice president and manager of the bank’s Grass Valley branch and H. A. Curnow manager and assistant’ trust officer of the Nevada City branch. Both appointments’ will be effective on October 1, Mr. Rector hias been closely identified for nearly forty years with Nevada County banking activities, being a member of the pioneer family which organized the Nevada County Bank in 1901, later acquired iby the Bank of America in 1927. He has served as vice president and manager of the Nevada City branch since 1932 and now succeeds to the position formerly held by his brother, the late G. J. Rector, who died on September 1. : In addition to his banking activities, he has also been vice president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Nevada City Board of Education and taken a leading part in the work of various fraternal, civic and business organizations. During his chairmanship of the building committee of the Board of Education two fine new school buildings have been erected. Mr. Curnow, who is promoted to the managership of the Nevada City branch, has also been long associated with Nevada county banking interests, joining the Nevada County . Bank at Nevada City in 1912, being manager when that bank was taken over by Bank of America in 1927. " He is at present chairman of the Nevada City Boy Scouts and active in both the local Masonic and Elks lodges. For many years he has been . forest fire in September, 1936, as a. '% Member of the Nevada City Board . result of . ence in preventing fire hazards . along its right of way, proceeded Puss the i various plaintiffs. . and/mate that the plaintiff's testimony . branch. the utility’s alleged negili-. Of Education. John J. Fortier, now assistant cashier and chief clerk at the Grass hearing the testimony of. Valley branch, will return to the Attorneys estisame position in the Nevada City He began his service with fom the time point of view, a rapid is more than half completed. There . the bank in Nevada City in 1926 and growth in all areas adjacent to the/. is a possibility the plaintiffs will rest . Was for many years actively interesttwo cities. South of Grass Valley on the road to Auburn, there has sprung an almost continuous row of homes to a point a quarter of a mile south of LeBarr Meadows. East of Nevada City on the Tahoe Ukiah highway, the development of a suburban district, is only slightly less than ‘that! south of Grass Valley On every roz4, leading into either Nevada City or Grass Valley, one may find new homes, some of them as upon Town Talk on the old turnpike between Grass Valley and Nevada City, very fine homes, indeed. One reason so much building has been done to shelter Nevada County’s new population, is that new comers were unable to find suitable apartments or house to rent They were actually forced to build. That many of these are two and three room cottages to begin with his nevertheless an indication that, Nevada County’s new comers are thrifty minded and resourceful. They are acquiring a stake in the county. The two room cottage in time can, and aften does, grow to the five room house. Far better as a rule, to put a little money and elbow grease into a home, than to pay rent even though the rented home might present a more attractive appearance. THREE STREETS READY FOR OIL Street Superintendent H. H. Hallet moved his crew of workmen to the lower Grass Valley road area and started grading the street from its junction with the deep cut on) Sacramento street around to Valley . street that crosses from Glennons . Service Station to Pine: High street . between Washington and Nevada . has been graded and is ready for oil. ing, Finlay street from the Downieville highway to near the Johnston's Greenhouse and a portion of Spring Street are ready for oiling. The crew . will return to complete some work . on Factory street shortly. The oil for . the streets has arrived and as soon . CITY TAXES PAID TO DATE, $3.82 R. L. P. Bigelow reports that city tax payments are making an _ unsually good showing. Up till yesterday morning $3,982 had been paid into the city treasury. The total amount of taxes assessed will amount to about $14,000 in round figures. Taxes become delinquent on _ the second Tuesday in October, (October 11) after which a penalty must be paid, BIRTH ‘Born — To Mr and Mrs. James Whitney at Landis Clinic in Grass. Valley, Thursday September 29, 1938, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney as the weather settles oiling will be . reside in one of the Janiss apartdone. ments on the Murchie road. {. i ft . Saturday at noon. CHORAL CLUB Grass Valley Choral Club ke The composed of talented singers , in . asked. to be present at 8 o’clock Friday evening, September 30 at the library of Mount St. Mary’s Academy. ed in that community’s civie and business life. He has also been a prominent member of the Elks. Roy W. Stafford of the bank’s auditing department in San FrancisGrass Valley and Nevada City willj. co will succeed Mr. Fortier as assistcommence rehearsal of new musical; ant cashier and,chief clerk of the scores under the direction of Mar. Grass Valley branch. He was first ashall Giselman. All members are . sociatéd with Bank of America in Stockton and has gained a wide experience in several of the northern California braniches, By 0. J. ODEGAARD Mgr. of Nevada County Lumber Co. The construction industry locally in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area reacted very promptly and very decisively to the threats of labor trouble last spring. After the usual winter dullness there was an expectation of the usual spring pick-up which did not materialize. However mid-summer saw local feeling much better and from July on the building industry has been in a very healthy state with practically all competent mechanics employed and at times some shortage of workmen. This however has not at any time been a serious factor here. The efforts of the administration through FHA to stimulate the construction of homes and the remodeling and repairing of existing structures have met with much success backed as they were by the co-operation of the local banks. Some of the ideas that might be of interest to local people who are building mineded follow. A possible sale of the property later should always be kept in mind, unlikely as it may seem at the time of building. This means of course that conventional buildings should be constructed-as much as possible. Homes of odd floor plans or with walls constructed of unusual materials should not be recommended unless the owners are in a position to figure that it will be their permanee Building Industry Is _ Active in Nevada City ent home. If it is to be a permanent home with no thought of resale of course the owner may safely give. way to his personal ideas of what he wants in a home. ‘ If the house is of a type to warrant the additional outlay it will pay the owner to hire an architect. This is a legitimate part of cost under FHA rules. Of course many of the ~ homes being built by local contract-. ors are designed by such contractors and the contractor acts in such cases as the planner although he may not be actually an architect. The result .to the owner is much the same in each ‘case as the contractor generally is very efficient within the range in which he undertakes to advise his client. Do not push away new ideas about materials or construction without giving them serious consideration. Just because something is not done as our grandfathers did the work is no reason to condemn & method. ; = New methods of heating homes, new methods of insulating homes, many new methods of finishing in— terior walls; all these should merit — your consideration. Venitian blinds — are a fine addition to new homes. — These are.‘butvery few of the . to be considered in the plaun your new home. The above remarks are to ft en by those who are able to

a eo @ deluded and . command refused to @ana if true, that alone were a pary noble presentation of human sentiThinking . Out Loud By H. M. L. We would have been glad to hear President Roosevelt repeat for his fireside audience his Tuesday night message to Hitler. Instead a press representative read it over the radio. We ragard President Roosevelt’s appeal for peace, addressed to the German fuehrer, as a document that deserves to be enshrined with the great and inspiring utterances of American statesmen and Presidents. In limpid language, in manifest sincerity, and in cogent reasoning, the President reached a lofty plane on which we devotedly wish he could remain in both foreign and domestic relations for the rest of his administration. Our own opinion is, frankly, that, figuratively speaking, both Premier Chamberlain and PreSident Roosevelt have been casting their pearls before swine. We regard any man who authorizes the murder of his political enemies, many of them old comrades and friends, cruelly persecutes and terrorizes ‘the Jews, or other people in his power, as a. ravening monster accursed of God. If President Roosevelt’s appeal bears any fruit in the half-mad ‘brain. of Germany's dictator, it will be because 130,000,000 people, possessing half the gold in the world, were represented in that. message. Hitler cannot have forgotten the part’ the Wnited States playéd in the world war. To him, undoubtedly the President’s words are a threat, though there was nothing in them _ that could remotely be construed as a threat. It was rather a prayer addressed to the obsessed ruler of a over-trusting people. We can only surmise its effect, but it does seem probable that the fuehrer was influenced to postpone his march into Czechoslovakia, and to call: together» the premiers of England, France,’ Italy to confer with him in Munich on questions involving the peace of Europe. {It is also possible that neither the appeals of President Roosevelt or Premier Chamberlain had anything to do with the postponement of war. The rumor that the German army. march when} Hitler ordered them to, may be true, ‘. ll Neva BUILDING EDITIO da City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA € sinemniiainatiatisniaennt From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists in the right to publish the Truth, with good motives and for justifiable ends. — Alexander Hamilton ae Vol. 12, No. 76. The ‘County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA e Gold Center FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1938. DR. VAN ALSTYNE TALKS TO ROTARY ON CZECH CRISIS Dr. Richard VanAlstyne, professor of history, and head of the department of social studies in Chico State College, yesterday addressed the Nevada City Rotary club on some aspects of the crisis arising from the Czechoslakian-German impasse. The talk was of intense interest owing to its timely character. At the outset, Dr. Van Alstyne, called attention to the fact: that the Rotary ideal of international understanding, and, in case of misunderstanding, of arbitration, was parently not only realizable, but is perhaps being realized faster than many would think. Twenty four years ago, Dr. Van Alstyne stated, if one ruler expressed the intention of appropriating or taking possession of a slice of territory of a neighboring country, there never for a moment would have been question of war. It would have been a certainty, Especially would this be true if any national head voiced such bitterness and called his neighbors such approbious epithets as Hitler has in the past few days. The fact that war has not resulted, and it now seems reasonably sure will not result, indicates, in the opinion of Dr. Van Alstyne, that peace can be preserved even under the ‘most provoking conditions. European governments are accustomed to look for boundaries which are marked by great natural barriers, such as mountains or wide rivers. Between Canada and Mexico, Dr. Van Alstyne said, we have no such boundaries. We have grown accustomed to feeling quite safe in having only a line demarking national boundaries. in the case of Canada, running often across a flat open country. In the case of Mexico, there is a river to be sure, but of such character as to. form little impediment to invasion. When Czechoslavikia came _ into ap. =" HOME . . the most vital of all American institutions, the very bulwark of civilization, founded on the dreams and ideals of a progressive people. HOME . . ment! From the Home emanates the song of industry. The rhythm of ax and saw biting deeply into tall timber; the mill grinding out its melody of clean smooth timber; the symphony of hammer and saw and plane as the Home takeson form and substance. : : Then the dream a reality, The Home completed. Peace ‘Be it-ever so humble there’s no place like Home.” . the symbol of social advance,» Contentment, Security. In five years the population of} Nevada City and Grass Valley has . practically doubled and housing has being as a result of the treaty of amount reason for postponement, Or, it is quite possible that Mussolini . whose head sits much more firmly . on his shoulders, may have given! Hitler some sound advice. In any event the world breathes more free-. ly today. War may inevitable be, but it is again postponed. Our young men, your sons and mine, are for the . moment safe. We suspect that the great majority of people in the United States “who read the foreign news and ponder on the words and actions of Hitler have made up their minds that under him, Germany is a constant menace to world peace. The same sentiment applies also to the Japanese military clique that ‘wars on China, blasting women and children into eternity, and to Italy under Il Duce, who slaughtered the Ethiopians with poison gas and. possessed their country These dictators believe that force can win whatever it is they desire, and that force is justified by the national needs. There is no such thing as absolute neutrality in human experience. We try to be neutral, to be fair minded, take a disinterested view. The judge on the bench. is legally neutral, but his humanity, nevertheless, sympathizes with one party or the other before the bar. His judgment will approach as near to absolute justice as human understanding and _ legal training will admit, but his inner conviction is unchanged. With the common run of citizens no such approach to just decisions is possible in contemplating. the barbarities of governments, which inflict torture and death upon innocent people in the pursuit of national objectives. We are violently partisan. All peoples are so in the mass. Thus it is that, one must take the pessimistic view that if war breaks out in Europe, we shall almost surely be drawn into it. Hitler, one of the two bullies of Europe, it can well be assumed does not regard the President’s appeal to him as a threat, And while the President never in his career made a more able or a more ment, or never was more careful to Versailles, it was quite natural that its boundaries should \be fixed by . those remaking Europe’s map, along} the tops of a mountain range, even . though in so doing minority groups, such as Germans, Hungarians, and . Poles were included along with the} Czechs in the newly created republic, It is human nature to make mistakes, said Dr. Van .Alstyne, all individuals make mistakes. and rectify them every day. Nations make mistakes and they must be rectified if the world is to live in peace. When the Sudeten Germans were included in the same boundaries. with. the Czechs, Dr. Van Alstyne intimated, the treaty makers of Versailles, made a grevious fundamental error. England and France are n agreed that this error should (be corrected but they do not propose that it shall be violently corrected or that war shall ‘be ‘waged on the Czechs. What is now beimg decided at the council of four nations at Munich, is the method of transferring Sudeten Germans and the homeland peaceably to Germany,’and providing an ethnic boundary instead of a rugged natural boundary between the enlarged ‘Germany and the diminished _Czechosalvakia, and providing also for maintaining and guaranteeing to the Czechs their new boundary. Dr. Van Alstyne stated that although he ‘was more often than not opposed to the New Deal policies, he wished to declare his hearty accord with the appeal and the protests made by President Roosevelt to Aloph Hitler. Carroll Coughlin, of the Alpha Stores, is spending his vacation in San Francisco. cause fear, when one thinks of the deep-seated ‘hatred the vast majority of Americans feel for dictatorial governments, one must come to the conclusion, that, although the President was entirely innocent of uttering a threat, nevertheless in such a A nation that has entered a foreign war to make the ‘world safe for democracy” will go to war again to avoid anything that could anger or defend democracy. message, a threat there is, implicit. [ not yet caught up with the needs of this increased ‘population. The reason the population has doubled is due in large measure to the influx. of miners, The influx of miners is . of course due largely to the _ fact) that the increased price of gold mak-! es available profitable reduction. ores that were formerly marginal in . value. Since March, 1933,.the num. ber of men employed in mines_has. doubled. Those who have followed the monthly mine employment survey made by the Nevada City Nugget can easily verify these figures. Anyone checking back in memory will remember that five years ago homes and business places were very scarce and far between in the four mile stretch between Nevada City

and Grass Valley. Today there is visual evidence that this four mile strip is being rapidly closed. Often Nevada City and Grass Valley are referred to as the ‘‘twin cities’. As a matte of fact, from a physical standpoint they are rapidly becoming one city. Service stations, grocery stores, restaurants, pleasure resorts and homes are rapidly filling the fourmile gap. Land values along this strip of highway have doubled in five years, and in some localities are more than double the prices quoted in 1933. , Adequate Housing — Still Lacking For Growing Population PLAINTIFFS HEARD IN The suit against the Pacific Gas & Electric company, brought: by Indamages ‘as a Claiming result of a There has been a_ steady, SUIT AGAINST P. 6. & E. dian Flat residents and land owners . MERRITT RECTOR . TO MANAGE BANK IN GRASS VALLEY President L. M. Giannini of the Bank of America has appointed E. (M. Rector vice president and manager of the bank’s Grass Valley branch and H. A. Curnow manager and assistant’ trust officer of the Nevada City branch. Both appointments’ will be effective on October 1, Mr. Rector hias been closely identified for nearly forty years with Nevada County banking activities, being a member of the pioneer family which organized the Nevada County Bank in 1901, later acquired iby the Bank of America in 1927. He has served as vice president and manager of the Nevada City branch since 1932 and now succeeds to the position formerly held by his brother, the late G. J. Rector, who died on September 1. : In addition to his banking activities, he has also been vice president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Nevada City Board of Education and taken a leading part in the work of various fraternal, civic and business organizations. During his chairmanship of the building committee of the Board of Education two fine new school buildings have been erected. Mr. Curnow, who is promoted to the managership of the Nevada City branch, has also been long associated with Nevada county banking interests, joining the Nevada County . Bank at Nevada City in 1912, being manager when that bank was taken over by Bank of America in 1927. " He is at present chairman of the Nevada City Boy Scouts and active in both the local Masonic and Elks lodges. For many years he has been . forest fire in September, 1936, as a. '% Member of the Nevada City Board . result of . ence in preventing fire hazards . along its right of way, proceeded Puss the i various plaintiffs. . and/mate that the plaintiff's testimony . branch. the utility’s alleged negili-. Of Education. John J. Fortier, now assistant cashier and chief clerk at the Grass hearing the testimony of. Valley branch, will return to the Attorneys estisame position in the Nevada City He began his service with fom the time point of view, a rapid is more than half completed. There . the bank in Nevada City in 1926 and growth in all areas adjacent to the/. is a possibility the plaintiffs will rest . Was for many years actively interesttwo cities. South of Grass Valley on the road to Auburn, there has sprung an almost continuous row of homes to a point a quarter of a mile south of LeBarr Meadows. East of Nevada City on the Tahoe Ukiah highway, the development of a suburban district, is only slightly less than ‘that! south of Grass Valley On every roz4, leading into either Nevada City or Grass Valley, one may find new homes, some of them as upon Town Talk on the old turnpike between Grass Valley and Nevada City, very fine homes, indeed. One reason so much building has been done to shelter Nevada County’s new population, is that new comers were unable to find suitable apartments or house to rent They were actually forced to build. That many of these are two and three room cottages to begin with his nevertheless an indication that, Nevada County’s new comers are thrifty minded and resourceful. They are acquiring a stake in the county. The two room cottage in time can, and aften does, grow to the five room house. Far better as a rule, to put a little money and elbow grease into a home, than to pay rent even though the rented home might present a more attractive appearance. THREE STREETS READY FOR OIL Street Superintendent H. H. Hallet moved his crew of workmen to the lower Grass Valley road area and started grading the street from its junction with the deep cut on) Sacramento street around to Valley . street that crosses from Glennons . Service Station to Pine: High street . between Washington and Nevada . has been graded and is ready for oil. ing, Finlay street from the Downieville highway to near the Johnston's Greenhouse and a portion of Spring Street are ready for oiling. The crew . will return to complete some work . on Factory street shortly. The oil for . the streets has arrived and as soon . CITY TAXES PAID TO DATE, $3.82 R. L. P. Bigelow reports that city tax payments are making an _ unsually good showing. Up till yesterday morning $3,982 had been paid into the city treasury. The total amount of taxes assessed will amount to about $14,000 in round figures. Taxes become delinquent on _ the second Tuesday in October, (October 11) after which a penalty must be paid, BIRTH ‘Born — To Mr and Mrs. James Whitney at Landis Clinic in Grass. Valley, Thursday September 29, 1938, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney as the weather settles oiling will be . reside in one of the Janiss apartdone. ments on the Murchie road. {. i ft . Saturday at noon. CHORAL CLUB Grass Valley Choral Club ke The composed of talented singers , in . asked. to be present at 8 o’clock Friday evening, September 30 at the library of Mount St. Mary’s Academy. ed in that community’s civie and business life. He has also been a prominent member of the Elks. Roy W. Stafford of the bank’s auditing department in San FrancisGrass Valley and Nevada City willj. co will succeed Mr. Fortier as assistcommence rehearsal of new musical; ant cashier and,chief clerk of the scores under the direction of Mar. Grass Valley branch. He was first ashall Giselman. All members are . sociatéd with Bank of America in Stockton and has gained a wide experience in several of the northern California braniches, By 0. J. ODEGAARD Mgr. of Nevada County Lumber Co. The construction industry locally in the Grass Valley-Nevada City area reacted very promptly and very decisively to the threats of labor trouble last spring. After the usual winter dullness there was an expectation of the usual spring pick-up which did not materialize. However mid-summer saw local feeling much better and from July on the building industry has been in a very healthy state with practically all competent mechanics employed and at times some shortage of workmen. This however has not at any time been a serious factor here. The efforts of the administration through FHA to stimulate the construction of homes and the remodeling and repairing of existing structures have met with much success backed as they were by the co-operation of the local banks. Some of the ideas that might be of interest to local people who are building mineded follow. A possible sale of the property later should always be kept in mind, unlikely as it may seem at the time of building. This means of course that conventional buildings should be constructed-as much as possible. Homes of odd floor plans or with walls constructed of unusual materials should not be recommended unless the owners are in a position to figure that it will be their permanee Building Industry Is _ Active in Nevada City ent home. If it is to be a permanent home with no thought of resale of course the owner may safely give. way to his personal ideas of what he wants in a home. ‘ If the house is of a type to warrant the additional outlay it will pay the owner to hire an architect. This is a legitimate part of cost under FHA rules. Of course many of the ~ homes being built by local contract-. ors are designed by such contractors and the contractor acts in such cases as the planner although he may not be actually an architect. The result .to the owner is much the same in each ‘case as the contractor generally is very efficient within the range in which he undertakes to advise his client. Do not push away new ideas about materials or construction without giving them serious consideration. Just because something is not done as our grandfathers did the work is no reason to condemn & method. ; = New methods of heating homes, new methods of insulating homes, many new methods of finishing in— terior walls; all these should merit — your consideration. Venitian blinds — are a fine addition to new homes. — These are.‘butvery few of the . to be considered in the plaun your new home. The above remarks are to ft en by those who are able to