September 8, 1939 (6 pages)

ea other sources, Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, ‘with good motives and for justitiable ends. ton. ¢ The Liberty of the Press stoi —Alexander Hamil4 ‘A 10-pound sack of sugar last week cost us 48 cents. This week we paid 58 cents and next. week the grocer said we would pay 62 cents or sweeten our coffee with molasses This is an immediate reeult of the war in Europe combined with the experience gained in the World War. But with a huge surplus of all ‘kinds of food including flour, sugar, and meat products, fear of a food shortage is unwarranted. What we are doing now is to pay profits to food speculators. We suspect that as soon as the Washington administration can bring its powers to bear on the speculators iprices will drop off again, and the speculators will take a beating. To try to affect food corners, whatever else may be said of it, in a country which has been battling with a surplus, is like sweeping back the tides with a splint broom. It can’t be done. ‘Copper, steel, lead.and other metals are on the wing upward. They always are in war time. Most manufactured commodities will also trend higher, not from scarcity of materials, but because production cannot be speeded up as fast as the consumer demand. in this great field, howEven. ever, there is a-new factor, not present in the World War. We have a labor reservoir of some 10,000,000 of unemployed. These will be gradually absorbed in industry and agriculture, if the war lasts long enough. There will be a general shifting of skilled labor to better jobs, and a filling in from the bottom stratum of unskilled labor to take the jobs vacated in the process of advancement for the skilled. The demand for farm products ultimately will employ a large proportion of the idle hosts that now form a vexing social and economic problem. These comments are based of course, on the premises that the war abroad will continue for some two or three years, that the United States does not actually engage in it, and that eventually Congress will amend the present neutrality act to permit this country to supply anything that any belligerents can pay for and carry away in their own ships. As the war progresses, we believe that the popular demand for amendment to the present neutrality act will grow stronger. ‘Both labor and employers will demand it, in order to take advantage of the business opportunities which the European war affords. The prize for being the greatest liar in all history, we _ believe should be awarded the Hitler government. While the German march into Poland is confirmed from including the War-, saw communiques, Germans. still deny that a shot has been fired across the Maginot line, in face of Belgian and Swiss reports of heavy cannonading, and Associated Press reports of French advances into German territory. The German denial of their U-boat sinking of the Athenia, is also in line with their policy of prevarication. It can easily be understood, however, that German communiques are issued solely for home consumption, While we may take the story of revolt and rebellion behind the German frontiers with plenty of salt, as a matter of wishful thinking on the part of the French and British, the fact that England devoted a large part of its early aerial attack to distributing 9 million propaganda leaflets over Germany, indicates quite clearly that British authorities regard the German worker and soldier as ripe for revolt. If Germany should rise against its Nazi leaders the war would be over very shortly, much to the discomfiture of our war speculators. As yet, there is little basis for hope that this will occur. The iron hand of dictatorship will not be loosened easily. Our administration in Washington is making every effort to restore unity among our own people. Communist and fascist alike are to be much restricted in ‘their activi‘ties and all leaders of these subversive forces will, if present promise is kept be constantly under surveillance of Federal authorit-. ies. We surmise that even if Harry Bridges escapes deportation, as a communist, his powers. will be considerably. restricted under the measures now being instituted by Vol. 13, No. 72. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFC ORNIA The Gold Genter ee: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939. ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINS Enrollment in the high school this year, according. to Superintendent Kjorlie, is practically the same as last year, which totaled 251, during the first week. In the elementary school however, 477 have enrolled as against 411 last year during the opening week. This is a gain of 66 over last ‘year’s opening enrollment. It is expected that it quickly reach the total of 505 which was closing figure of enrollment last term. District Superintendent H. BB. Kjorlie opened the first assembly of the new year Tuesday by introducing the ‘Nevada City high school faculty. He also introduced Miss (Margie Clark, senior student body president who in turn introduced her corps of officers as follows: Elsie Schreiber, vice president; Oscar Ingstrom, secTetary. and Adrianne SBarnhardt, treasurer. Miss ‘Barnhardt is also 1940 editor of the Quill, the school’s yearbook. Although the new bus has not yet arrived, according to Mr. Kjorlie, when it does it will pick up all the Willow Valley and Murchie Mine road students at these two ‘places. Indian Flat students will be brought}: in by the North San Juan bus. BANK OF AMER. WILL CELEBRATE AT FAIR SEPT. 9 Bank of America is inviting the whole state to a big-.California birth day party, climaxed by a brilliant evening of fireworks pageant, at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Saturday, September 9, in celebration of “Bank jof America . . Day.” Members of the bank’s staff and their. families, twelve thousand strong, representing practically all of the bank’s 495 branches throughout the state, will be present to act as hosts and also to take part in the first stat@wide staff gathering in the history of the organization. The bank will begin-its-program of entertainment on Treasure Island at 4 p. m. following the Admission Day parade which will be held in San Francisco Saturday morning by the Native Sons and Native Daugnters. This will be an hour’s free variety show, headed by Eddie Fitzspatrick’s band, in the open air theatre opposite the bank’s Treasure Island branch. The fireworks pageant, starting at 8 p. m on the Lake of the Nations, will be the most elaborate yet shown on Treasure Island. It will begin with a great aerial bombardment, followed by displays around’ the shores oi the lake and set pieces which will face the grand stands in the Temple Compound. “Cavalcade of the Golden West”’ is increasing its seating capacity to provide for its biggest audience since the opening of the exposition when the bankers take over the whole house for the 9 p. m,. performance. The regular program will be suppitmented by special welcoming ceremonies in which the chairman of the poard A. P. Giannini and President L, M. Giannini will participate and a dramatization .of colorful episodes in the ‘bank’s history. (Mrs. Grace Cleland had as recent visitors her sister, Mrs. L. R. Ayres and (Mrs Agnes Taylor of Oakland. the Federal Government. Testimony recently has been running heavily against this Australian radical, We still feel that the testimony produced by the Federal Immigration authorities comes in the main from shady and. disreputable characters, mostly renegade Reds. On the other hand. testimony for him comes from the same putrid. social substrata. We consider that the evidence offered by two Stanford professors is neither for or against Bridges. Their testimony had to do with Marxian theory rather than modern day communist practice. With the Federal government really in earnest in its determination to ¢lip' the activities of fascist and communist, the chances of deporting Bridges, we believe are slightAy better than they were. SCOUTERS TO DINE AND DISCUSS PROGRAM Nevada City Scouters will meet at dinner Tuesday evening in the National hotel. A new method of conducting the future program will be discussed, according to Horace Curnow, the chairman of the Nevada City District Scout Council. HI SCHOOL GRADS INREUNION AT MOSSWOOD PARK (Many graduates of Grass Valley and Nevada ‘City high schools are now living in the bay region and plans are now afoot to arrange for class reunions to be held in. conjunction with the annual Nevada county reunion held each year in Mosswood Park in Oakland. The reunion this year is to be held on Sunday, September 17, and it is expected that representatives of the various classes will meet at that time to arrange for the class reunion in 1940. It has been suggested that, hereafter, high school class groups meet for luncheons at various places in Oakland prior to the general reunion. Because. many present residents of Nevada county, as well as many former Nevada countyans now living in all parts of Northern California, are planning week end trips to the bay region on September 16 and 17, a record attendance is expected at the reunion, Many have already signified their intentions of attending the exposition on Saturday and the Nevada county reunion on Sunday. Since the reunion is primarily a time when old friends and acquaintances meet to chat, the executive committee has decided against a prolonged program. Several carefully .sefected vocal and musical numbers will be presented. PUBLIC INVITED TO MEET NEW TRINITY RECTOR The puwhblicis—cordially-invited—to attend the reception to be given in honor of the Rev. H. T. Pateman, the new rector of Trinity Parish. The reception will be given by the guilds and the vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Libbey, 520 East Broad street, this evening at 8 o’clock. Those acting on the _ reception committee are Richard L. Bigelow for the vestry, Mrs. George Wright for Trinity Guild, Mrs. E. M. Rector for Saint Agnes’ Guild, and Mrs. Phoebe Hathaway for the Altar Guild. The Parish will be represented by the Parish Visitor, Miss Mary Hoskins. The church school will be represented by Miss Elma Hecker. The department of church music will have as its hostesses Mrs. Grace Raymond and Mrs. Marian Libbey. The Rev. H. T. 'Pateman is a. Vir.ginian. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville Virginia, After four years of academic work at the University of Virginia, Mr. Pateman went to Washington, D. C., where he studied for three years in theology; it was there he took his degree in divinity. Not being satisfied with having filled the required number of years for the Episcopal ministry, Mr. Pateman took an eighth year of study at the mother seminary of the Episcopal church in New York City. Mr. Pateman comes to us from the diocese of ‘California, where he has for the past two years served on the Commission for College Work and on the Board of Religious Eiducation. Mr. Pateman was the Episcopal Student Chaplain at Stanford University and the Associate Recter of All ‘Saints’ ‘Bpiscopal church, Palo Alto. Mr. Pateman has. preached from the pulpits of some of the largest churches of the country including the Church of The Holy Nativity in New York City; Trinity Church in San Francisco; and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. iMr. Pateman is thirty years of age. He comes to us in the fourth year of his ministry, We of Trinity Parish heartily welcome him, Let each and everyone of us endeavor to make him feel at home in Nevada City. . (Signed) RICHARD L. BIGELOW, ‘work in caring for EDMUND KINYON ROTARY SPEAKER The Rotary club at luncheon yesterday’ in the National Hotel heard an interesting address upon the city of Washington. The speaker was Edmund G, Kinyon, editor of the Grass Valley Morning Union,’ who returned recently from a tour across. the continent. Fred Garrison, chairman of the day introduced the speaker.” Rotarians decided to hold a ‘‘ladies night’ and picnic at Pioneers park on the evening of September 21. The event is an annual affair. Tickets will be sold at the club luncheon next Thursday. H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was. admitted to membership _and welcomed to the club yesterday. Ernest Baxter, chief of fire control in Tahoe National Forest, called attention to the fact that fires this year have ravaged 350,000 acres in the California national forests, besides a vast acreage burned over in state lands. Most.of the fires he stated, were man created, smokers bearing .responsibility for most of the damage Members of the club signed a pledge not only to see to it that they set no fires, but promising to assist as volunteer fire officers in preventing others from _ carelessly setting fires. : Washington, Mr.-‘Kinyon stated, is characteristically a southern. city. Half of its 500,000 population is of the negro race, and negro cottages and cabins crowd great federal buildings in some instances and are often found adjacent to splendid homes. The city, until 1883, had a civil government of its own, but in that year, the government was taken over by Congress and a committee of three congressmen now administer its affairs. The reason for the change was the fear that the government of the Capitol might ultimately come under the control of elements adverse to the government. Indeed, the speaker said, if the vote were accorded residents of Washington, the negroes are sufficiently numerous to control its affairs. The parks and public monuments of Washington are under the administration of the National Park Service, which does a splendid the beautiful parks and avenues of the city. (Mr. Kinyon noted that Washington lives much in its past. Indeed, he said, the past, its traditions and history have a marked influence on its present day administration, more perhaps, than is conducive its best interest. The theatre where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated) still stands and is in use. The house across the way to which the dying President was taken after the fatal shooting, is also there and, with the theatre, has become a Mecca for patriotic tourists. The house of ‘Robert EB. Lee is still preserved as it was on the morning when the great Confederate mAitary leader mounted his horse and rode away to the South, never to return again in the uniform of the United States Army. Under the Hoover administration the Lee plantation in Virginia was restored and today is a popular goal of the nation’s travelers and students of history. FAST WORK ON NEW HOSPITAL The concrete foundations for the Newmont Mining ‘Company’s new hospital inside Nevada City’s southern city limits are poured and all conerete work is practically done. Forms are now being removed. Abour ‘100 feet of concrete street’ pipe is stored on the lot ready for installation. Practically all leveling about the planned big structure is done. Ten men are employed. to GOLD BLUFF MINE C. S. Morbio of San Francisco and associates have taken an option on the Gold Bluff property near Downieville. An extensive development program is under way and plans are to carry on work started in Sailor Ravine last summer. A contract has been let to George Costa of Downieville for the first unit of the work. Air pipe and compressor equipment have been installed in Sailor Ravine tunnel, Charles Higdon is consulting engineer for the property. The Gold Bluff has been idle since 1915, the extensive development program . ’ being stopped through the death of. : ~ Senior Warden. L. Remonteld: Mining, king of early days California, and Nevada county, still one of its most important domains, wiil rule the California State Fair tomorrow, Saturday, September 9. The twelve million dollar industry and the county will be jointly honored in a special program celebrating ‘Mining Day” and. ‘Nevada County Day’ at the 85th annual state exposition. Arrangements for the events are being completed by Fred F. Cassidy, Nevada City, chairman of Nevada County Day and George W. Hallock, Grass Valley and Alleghany, president of the California Hydraulic Mining Association and chairman of Mining Day. A unique feature of the program will be a single and double jack County Celebrates At — State Fair Tomorrow drilling contest between Nevada an@ announced it will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday in front of, the main agricultural building. A Nevada county Cornish choral society will sing for guests at the Nevada county luncheon in Goveraor’s Hall, Young Billy Tobiassen, som of Sheriff Carl Tobiassen is on the program for several solos. In the afternoon, the winner of the INevada County Day Handicap will be awarded a gold horseshoe pin donated by residents of the county. Olney Donnelly, Grass Valley, president of the Mine Workers’ Protective League, is assisting Fre@ Cassidy, the chairman in on plans for the fair program. HALL ACCUSES CITY COUNCIL OF PRIVILEGES Benjamin Hall, Mayor of Nevada City, last night told the City Council that he was “incensed” at its actions and that the impression had been created that the councilmen “are enjoying special priviliges.’’ The reason for the statement, which he read before the meeting opened, was the awarding of a contract for the new police car to a son of a councilman and the appointment of the son of another councilman to the police force. In considering future actions Hall admonished the council to ‘‘give fullest consideration to the moral principles involved.” The business before the council last. night consisted mainly of discussion of the proposed chlorinization plant. It was decided to. inspect the plant at Lincoln in the near future. It was also brought up that the sum of $1370 which was paid for the police car might be interpreted to mean that the car alone cost that much. It was pointed out that of that amount $215 was for special accessories. Hall’s complete statement follows: Nevada City, Calif. Sept. 7, 1939. Gentlemen: Before: proceeding with the regular business I desire to make a statement in regard to the special meeting that was called during my absence, and of the action that was taken on matters passed upon at that time. I do not approve of what you did and do not want the good people of Nevada City to consider that I was a party thereto. Upon being advised of what transpired I felt so incensed-I_immediately forwarded my resignation as member of ‘this council, however, upon my return and at the request of some of our people, who think I can still be of service by remaining on the Council, I have decided to do sO. My understanding of the duties of a councilman is to administer the affairs of the city to the very best of his ability without any expectation of financial gain, or any other special privilege, our only reward being . . the commendation of. the public for a service well done, and the fulfilment of the trust they have reposed in us. The fact that the newly appointed police officer is the son of one of our councilmen, and that another one is the distributor of the Chrysler car, rightly creates the imFIRES THIS YEAR HAVE RAVAGED 470,000 ACRES ‘Reon Forester é Ss. B. ‘dhow and State Forester M. B. Pratt have directed public attention to a summary disclosing the following grim features of the 1939 fire season to date for the entire state: Three forest rangers and fire fighters have lost their lives fighting fires. Scores of foresters, CCC enrollees and other fire fighters have been severely burned and injured. were man caused. Cigarette ‘‘flippers’’ and other smokers, campers, incendiaries and brush burners head the list. Over 470,000 acres of forest, brush and grass cover are destroyed. Fire fighting expenditures to date are $840,400. Damage to watersheds, timber; recreation areas, grazing lands, improvements etc, is figured at ap-~ proximately $1,000,000, with future damage, particularly from _ floods, probably running into additional millions of dollars. and fish have perished in this sum= mer’s forest fires, At least 200 deer died in. one major conflagration known to have been started by & careless smoker. A dozen or more. outstanding scenic areas of the state have been destroyed or severely scarred.Foresters declare that the whole problem of. reducing outbreaks of the forest users and visitors, motorists, vacationists, hunters and fisherman. movements, special fire prevention campaigns and law enforcement acauthorities may be forced to. close — forest areas to public entry, parttcularly during hunting seasons. MARY JANE MINE L. Landrey of Nevada City and Fuller Lake near Downieville, Pumps is proceeding. Plans are to e the shaft.to connect with an 11 Willow Valley spent ihe past end in Sacramento visiting re and attending the state fair. pression that the councilmen ARE less of the merits or quality of the automobile purchased, which I do not question, or the qualifications of. the newly appointed officer, of which I however that he will perform his good citizens. I trust that my views on this subjhave no personal knowledge. I trust . . ™' duties to the satisfaction of all our. . ject conform with those of the: lic we represent and that in any ure, actions ee ee f . Amador-county miners. Fair officialeae Out of a total of 4,730 fires, 4,219Thousands of game animals, birds man caused fires is squarely up te If sustained conservation . tions fail to alleviate the present serious situation federal and state” reopening the Mary Jane mine above es +

ea other sources, Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. evada City Nugget COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA in the right to publish the Truth, ‘with good motives and for justitiable ends. ton. ¢ The Liberty of the Press stoi —Alexander Hamil4 ‘A 10-pound sack of sugar last week cost us 48 cents. This week we paid 58 cents and next. week the grocer said we would pay 62 cents or sweeten our coffee with molasses This is an immediate reeult of the war in Europe combined with the experience gained in the World War. But with a huge surplus of all ‘kinds of food including flour, sugar, and meat products, fear of a food shortage is unwarranted. What we are doing now is to pay profits to food speculators. We suspect that as soon as the Washington administration can bring its powers to bear on the speculators iprices will drop off again, and the speculators will take a beating. To try to affect food corners, whatever else may be said of it, in a country which has been battling with a surplus, is like sweeping back the tides with a splint broom. It can’t be done. ‘Copper, steel, lead.and other metals are on the wing upward. They always are in war time. Most manufactured commodities will also trend higher, not from scarcity of materials, but because production cannot be speeded up as fast as the consumer demand. in this great field, howEven. ever, there is a-new factor, not present in the World War. We have a labor reservoir of some 10,000,000 of unemployed. These will be gradually absorbed in industry and agriculture, if the war lasts long enough. There will be a general shifting of skilled labor to better jobs, and a filling in from the bottom stratum of unskilled labor to take the jobs vacated in the process of advancement for the skilled. The demand for farm products ultimately will employ a large proportion of the idle hosts that now form a vexing social and economic problem. These comments are based of course, on the premises that the war abroad will continue for some two or three years, that the United States does not actually engage in it, and that eventually Congress will amend the present neutrality act to permit this country to supply anything that any belligerents can pay for and carry away in their own ships. As the war progresses, we believe that the popular demand for amendment to the present neutrality act will grow stronger. ‘Both labor and employers will demand it, in order to take advantage of the business opportunities which the European war affords. The prize for being the greatest liar in all history, we _ believe should be awarded the Hitler government. While the German march into Poland is confirmed from including the War-, saw communiques, Germans. still deny that a shot has been fired across the Maginot line, in face of Belgian and Swiss reports of heavy cannonading, and Associated Press reports of French advances into German territory. The German denial of their U-boat sinking of the Athenia, is also in line with their policy of prevarication. It can easily be understood, however, that German communiques are issued solely for home consumption, While we may take the story of revolt and rebellion behind the German frontiers with plenty of salt, as a matter of wishful thinking on the part of the French and British, the fact that England devoted a large part of its early aerial attack to distributing 9 million propaganda leaflets over Germany, indicates quite clearly that British authorities regard the German worker and soldier as ripe for revolt. If Germany should rise against its Nazi leaders the war would be over very shortly, much to the discomfiture of our war speculators. As yet, there is little basis for hope that this will occur. The iron hand of dictatorship will not be loosened easily. Our administration in Washington is making every effort to restore unity among our own people. Communist and fascist alike are to be much restricted in ‘their activi‘ties and all leaders of these subversive forces will, if present promise is kept be constantly under surveillance of Federal authorit-. ies. We surmise that even if Harry Bridges escapes deportation, as a communist, his powers. will be considerably. restricted under the measures now being instituted by Vol. 13, No. 72. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFC ORNIA The Gold Genter ee: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939. ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINS Enrollment in the high school this year, according. to Superintendent Kjorlie, is practically the same as last year, which totaled 251, during the first week. In the elementary school however, 477 have enrolled as against 411 last year during the opening week. This is a gain of 66 over last ‘year’s opening enrollment. It is expected that it quickly reach the total of 505 which was closing figure of enrollment last term. District Superintendent H. BB. Kjorlie opened the first assembly of the new year Tuesday by introducing the ‘Nevada City high school faculty. He also introduced Miss (Margie Clark, senior student body president who in turn introduced her corps of officers as follows: Elsie Schreiber, vice president; Oscar Ingstrom, secTetary. and Adrianne SBarnhardt, treasurer. Miss ‘Barnhardt is also 1940 editor of the Quill, the school’s yearbook. Although the new bus has not yet arrived, according to Mr. Kjorlie, when it does it will pick up all the Willow Valley and Murchie Mine road students at these two ‘places. Indian Flat students will be brought}: in by the North San Juan bus. BANK OF AMER. WILL CELEBRATE AT FAIR SEPT. 9 Bank of America is inviting the whole state to a big-.California birth day party, climaxed by a brilliant evening of fireworks pageant, at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Saturday, September 9, in celebration of “Bank jof America . . Day.” Members of the bank’s staff and their. families, twelve thousand strong, representing practically all of the bank’s 495 branches throughout the state, will be present to act as hosts and also to take part in the first stat@wide staff gathering in the history of the organization. The bank will begin-its-program of entertainment on Treasure Island at 4 p. m. following the Admission Day parade which will be held in San Francisco Saturday morning by the Native Sons and Native Daugnters. This will be an hour’s free variety show, headed by Eddie Fitzspatrick’s band, in the open air theatre opposite the bank’s Treasure Island branch. The fireworks pageant, starting at 8 p. m on the Lake of the Nations, will be the most elaborate yet shown on Treasure Island. It will begin with a great aerial bombardment, followed by displays around’ the shores oi the lake and set pieces which will face the grand stands in the Temple Compound. “Cavalcade of the Golden West”’ is increasing its seating capacity to provide for its biggest audience since the opening of the exposition when the bankers take over the whole house for the 9 p. m,. performance. The regular program will be suppitmented by special welcoming ceremonies in which the chairman of the poard A. P. Giannini and President L, M. Giannini will participate and a dramatization .of colorful episodes in the ‘bank’s history. (Mrs. Grace Cleland had as recent visitors her sister, Mrs. L. R. Ayres and (Mrs Agnes Taylor of Oakland. the Federal Government. Testimony recently has been running heavily against this Australian radical, We still feel that the testimony produced by the Federal Immigration authorities comes in the main from shady and. disreputable characters, mostly renegade Reds. On the other hand. testimony for him comes from the same putrid. social substrata. We consider that the evidence offered by two Stanford professors is neither for or against Bridges. Their testimony had to do with Marxian theory rather than modern day communist practice. With the Federal government really in earnest in its determination to ¢lip' the activities of fascist and communist, the chances of deporting Bridges, we believe are slightAy better than they were. SCOUTERS TO DINE AND DISCUSS PROGRAM Nevada City Scouters will meet at dinner Tuesday evening in the National hotel. A new method of conducting the future program will be discussed, according to Horace Curnow, the chairman of the Nevada City District Scout Council. HI SCHOOL GRADS INREUNION AT MOSSWOOD PARK (Many graduates of Grass Valley and Nevada ‘City high schools are now living in the bay region and plans are now afoot to arrange for class reunions to be held in. conjunction with the annual Nevada county reunion held each year in Mosswood Park in Oakland. The reunion this year is to be held on Sunday, September 17, and it is expected that representatives of the various classes will meet at that time to arrange for the class reunion in 1940. It has been suggested that, hereafter, high school class groups meet for luncheons at various places in Oakland prior to the general reunion. Because. many present residents of Nevada county, as well as many former Nevada countyans now living in all parts of Northern California, are planning week end trips to the bay region on September 16 and 17, a record attendance is expected at the reunion, Many have already signified their intentions of attending the exposition on Saturday and the Nevada county reunion on Sunday. Since the reunion is primarily a time when old friends and acquaintances meet to chat, the executive committee has decided against a prolonged program. Several carefully .sefected vocal and musical numbers will be presented. PUBLIC INVITED TO MEET NEW TRINITY RECTOR The puwhblicis—cordially-invited—to attend the reception to be given in honor of the Rev. H. T. Pateman, the new rector of Trinity Parish. The reception will be given by the guilds and the vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Libbey, 520 East Broad street, this evening at 8 o’clock. Those acting on the _ reception committee are Richard L. Bigelow for the vestry, Mrs. George Wright for Trinity Guild, Mrs. E. M. Rector for Saint Agnes’ Guild, and Mrs. Phoebe Hathaway for the Altar Guild. The Parish will be represented by the Parish Visitor, Miss Mary Hoskins. The church school will be represented by Miss Elma Hecker. The department of church music will have as its hostesses Mrs. Grace Raymond and Mrs. Marian Libbey. The Rev. H. T. 'Pateman is a. Vir.ginian. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville Virginia, After four years of academic work at the University of Virginia, Mr. Pateman went to Washington, D. C., where he studied for three years in theology; it was there he took his degree in divinity. Not being satisfied with having filled the required number of years for the

Episcopal ministry, Mr. Pateman took an eighth year of study at the mother seminary of the Episcopal church in New York City. Mr. Pateman comes to us from the diocese of ‘California, where he has for the past two years served on the Commission for College Work and on the Board of Religious Eiducation. Mr. Pateman was the Episcopal Student Chaplain at Stanford University and the Associate Recter of All ‘Saints’ ‘Bpiscopal church, Palo Alto. Mr. Pateman has. preached from the pulpits of some of the largest churches of the country including the Church of The Holy Nativity in New York City; Trinity Church in San Francisco; and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. iMr. Pateman is thirty years of age. He comes to us in the fourth year of his ministry, We of Trinity Parish heartily welcome him, Let each and everyone of us endeavor to make him feel at home in Nevada City. . (Signed) RICHARD L. BIGELOW, ‘work in caring for EDMUND KINYON ROTARY SPEAKER The Rotary club at luncheon yesterday’ in the National Hotel heard an interesting address upon the city of Washington. The speaker was Edmund G, Kinyon, editor of the Grass Valley Morning Union,’ who returned recently from a tour across. the continent. Fred Garrison, chairman of the day introduced the speaker.” Rotarians decided to hold a ‘‘ladies night’ and picnic at Pioneers park on the evening of September 21. The event is an annual affair. Tickets will be sold at the club luncheon next Thursday. H. F. Sofge, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was. admitted to membership _and welcomed to the club yesterday. Ernest Baxter, chief of fire control in Tahoe National Forest, called attention to the fact that fires this year have ravaged 350,000 acres in the California national forests, besides a vast acreage burned over in state lands. Most.of the fires he stated, were man created, smokers bearing .responsibility for most of the damage Members of the club signed a pledge not only to see to it that they set no fires, but promising to assist as volunteer fire officers in preventing others from _ carelessly setting fires. : Washington, Mr.-‘Kinyon stated, is characteristically a southern. city. Half of its 500,000 population is of the negro race, and negro cottages and cabins crowd great federal buildings in some instances and are often found adjacent to splendid homes. The city, until 1883, had a civil government of its own, but in that year, the government was taken over by Congress and a committee of three congressmen now administer its affairs. The reason for the change was the fear that the government of the Capitol might ultimately come under the control of elements adverse to the government. Indeed, the speaker said, if the vote were accorded residents of Washington, the negroes are sufficiently numerous to control its affairs. The parks and public monuments of Washington are under the administration of the National Park Service, which does a splendid the beautiful parks and avenues of the city. (Mr. Kinyon noted that Washington lives much in its past. Indeed, he said, the past, its traditions and history have a marked influence on its present day administration, more perhaps, than is conducive its best interest. The theatre where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated) still stands and is in use. The house across the way to which the dying President was taken after the fatal shooting, is also there and, with the theatre, has become a Mecca for patriotic tourists. The house of ‘Robert EB. Lee is still preserved as it was on the morning when the great Confederate mAitary leader mounted his horse and rode away to the South, never to return again in the uniform of the United States Army. Under the Hoover administration the Lee plantation in Virginia was restored and today is a popular goal of the nation’s travelers and students of history. FAST WORK ON NEW HOSPITAL The concrete foundations for the Newmont Mining ‘Company’s new hospital inside Nevada City’s southern city limits are poured and all conerete work is practically done. Forms are now being removed. Abour ‘100 feet of concrete street’ pipe is stored on the lot ready for installation. Practically all leveling about the planned big structure is done. Ten men are employed. to GOLD BLUFF MINE C. S. Morbio of San Francisco and associates have taken an option on the Gold Bluff property near Downieville. An extensive development program is under way and plans are to carry on work started in Sailor Ravine last summer. A contract has been let to George Costa of Downieville for the first unit of the work. Air pipe and compressor equipment have been installed in Sailor Ravine tunnel, Charles Higdon is consulting engineer for the property. The Gold Bluff has been idle since 1915, the extensive development program . ’ being stopped through the death of. : ~ Senior Warden. L. Remonteld: Mining, king of early days California, and Nevada county, still one of its most important domains, wiil rule the California State Fair tomorrow, Saturday, September 9. The twelve million dollar industry and the county will be jointly honored in a special program celebrating ‘Mining Day” and. ‘Nevada County Day’ at the 85th annual state exposition. Arrangements for the events are being completed by Fred F. Cassidy, Nevada City, chairman of Nevada County Day and George W. Hallock, Grass Valley and Alleghany, president of the California Hydraulic Mining Association and chairman of Mining Day. A unique feature of the program will be a single and double jack County Celebrates At — State Fair Tomorrow drilling contest between Nevada an@ announced it will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday in front of, the main agricultural building. A Nevada county Cornish choral society will sing for guests at the Nevada county luncheon in Goveraor’s Hall, Young Billy Tobiassen, som of Sheriff Carl Tobiassen is on the program for several solos. In the afternoon, the winner of the INevada County Day Handicap will be awarded a gold horseshoe pin donated by residents of the county. Olney Donnelly, Grass Valley, president of the Mine Workers’ Protective League, is assisting Fre@ Cassidy, the chairman in on plans for the fair program. HALL ACCUSES CITY COUNCIL OF PRIVILEGES Benjamin Hall, Mayor of Nevada City, last night told the City Council that he was “incensed” at its actions and that the impression had been created that the councilmen “are enjoying special priviliges.’’ The reason for the statement, which he read before the meeting opened, was the awarding of a contract for the new police car to a son of a councilman and the appointment of the son of another councilman to the police force. In considering future actions Hall admonished the council to ‘‘give fullest consideration to the moral principles involved.” The business before the council last. night consisted mainly of discussion of the proposed chlorinization plant. It was decided to. inspect the plant at Lincoln in the near future. It was also brought up that the sum of $1370 which was paid for the police car might be interpreted to mean that the car alone cost that much. It was pointed out that of that amount $215 was for special accessories. Hall’s complete statement follows: Nevada City, Calif. Sept. 7, 1939. Gentlemen: Before: proceeding with the regular business I desire to make a statement in regard to the special meeting that was called during my absence, and of the action that was taken on matters passed upon at that time. I do not approve of what you did and do not want the good people of Nevada City to consider that I was a party thereto. Upon being advised of what transpired I felt so incensed-I_immediately forwarded my resignation as member of ‘this council, however, upon my return and at the request of some of our people, who think I can still be of service by remaining on the Council, I have decided to do sO. My understanding of the duties of a councilman is to administer the affairs of the city to the very best of his ability without any expectation of financial gain, or any other special privilege, our only reward being . . the commendation of. the public for a service well done, and the fulfilment of the trust they have reposed in us. The fact that the newly appointed police officer is the son of one of our councilmen, and that another one is the distributor of the Chrysler car, rightly creates the imFIRES THIS YEAR HAVE RAVAGED 470,000 ACRES ‘Reon Forester é Ss. B. ‘dhow and State Forester M. B. Pratt have directed public attention to a summary disclosing the following grim features of the 1939 fire season to date for the entire state: Three forest rangers and fire fighters have lost their lives fighting fires. Scores of foresters, CCC enrollees and other fire fighters have been severely burned and injured. were man caused. Cigarette ‘‘flippers’’ and other smokers, campers, incendiaries and brush burners head the list. Over 470,000 acres of forest, brush and grass cover are destroyed. Fire fighting expenditures to date are $840,400. Damage to watersheds, timber; recreation areas, grazing lands, improvements etc, is figured at ap-~ proximately $1,000,000, with future damage, particularly from _ floods, probably running into additional millions of dollars. and fish have perished in this sum= mer’s forest fires, At least 200 deer died in. one major conflagration known to have been started by & careless smoker. A dozen or more. outstanding scenic areas of the state have been destroyed or severely scarred.Foresters declare that the whole problem of. reducing outbreaks of the forest users and visitors, motorists, vacationists, hunters and fisherman. movements, special fire prevention campaigns and law enforcement acauthorities may be forced to. close — forest areas to public entry, parttcularly during hunting seasons. MARY JANE MINE L. Landrey of Nevada City and Fuller Lake near Downieville, Pumps is proceeding. Plans are to e the shaft.to connect with an 11 Willow Valley spent ihe past end in Sacramento visiting re and attending the state fair. pression that the councilmen ARE less of the merits or quality of the automobile purchased, which I do not question, or the qualifications of. the newly appointed officer, of which I however that he will perform his good citizens. I trust that my views on this subjhave no personal knowledge. I trust . . ™' duties to the satisfaction of all our. . ject conform with those of the: lic we represent and that in any ure, actions ee ee f . Amador-county miners. Fair officialeae Out of a total of 4,730 fires, 4,219Thousands of game animals, birds man caused fires is squarely up te If sustained conservation . tions fail to alleviate the present serious situation federal and state” reopening the Mary Jane mine above es +