September 8, 1950 (6 pages)

a a ty CROSS-COUNTRY BUS SERVICE TO CITY POSSIBLE A representative of Glen G. Magnuson, general traffic manager of the Pacific Greyhound Lines, told The Nugget yesterday afternoon that the requests for improved bus service via the recently improved Bear Valley grade, will be given immediate ‘Study. The service, if actuated, will put Nevada City and Grass “Valley,. on transcontinental bus service. Both the Highgraders and the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce are studying the situation and preparing surveys with a view toward formal application for enlarged service to this area. It has been pointed out that alternate buses could be diverted from. the Highway 40 route at Emigrant Gap through Nevada City and Grass Valley on Highway 20 and rejoin the Highway 40 artery at Auburn. : Another part of a long range survey will be to determine if bus. service fromm Northern California routed eastward could not be routed over Highway 20 from Marysville and through Grass Valley and Nevada City onto the Highway 40 at Emigrant Gap. A similar study will be made of the .possibilities of westbound traffic from Reno destined for northern California points. Winter highway maintenance from Nevada, City to Emigrant Gap will also require study and solution before the above plans could be put into effect. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway CARDINAL BUILDING BOUGHT BY CAPITAL DOCTOR AND WIFE Grant deed was recorded yesterday afternoon in the office of Recorder John E. Nettell, transferring title to the Cardinal building, on the northeast corner of Pine and Broad from Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kyle and. Cardinal Groceries, to Dr. Paul H. and Lile Guttman, Sacramento. Revenue stamps indicated the price of the building was between $30,000 and $35,000. Kyle said the leases of the ten.ants will be honored by the new ‘owners, who have also indicated an extensive remodeling program will be instituted. Tenants of the building are the (Cardinal grocery store, Kyle’s meat market, Bolton’s variety store, Frank G. Finnegan, local attorney, and several lodges and organizations who use the upstairs as a meeting place. The building is believed to have been constructed in 1864 following the destructive fire of November, 1863. It has been Known as the Roberts, Morgan-Roberts and Morgan-Powell building. Kyle and the Cardinal stores purchased the building in 1946 from Mrs. Eliza Powell and the Morgan estate. ‘Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway CARD PARTY St. Canice Catholic church parishioners . will conduct a card party Monday evening, 8 p.m. at St. Canice hall. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Louise Kyle chairman, Mrs. Jerome _ Frey, Mrs. William Hallett, Miss Theresa Columbo, Mrs. Walter Butz, Mrs. Joe Glennon, Lorenzo Cicogni and Simon Hieronimus. SA/ Twenty-Third Year, No. 37 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, September 8, '1950 DISASTER UNIT DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL The Nevad City council studied possible organization of a citywide disaster council last night but took no formal action in the matter. Mayor Thomas H. Taylor led a lengthy discussion of the need of such an organization and City Attorney John Larue was armed with a model ordinance similar to the one adopted a month ago by Grass Valley but formal action was deferred until a later date. Ex-Fire Chief T. W. Sigourney reported that peace officers, fire officials and forestry ‘officers had conducted meetings over a threemonth period but the discussions had been considered secret and that no publicity had been given the developments. City Attorney Larue said he saw no point in secretiveness and it seemed the public should be made aware of any possible im-: pending emergencies. Eldon W. Kendrick, a resident on Nevada street, submitted a petition signed by more than 95 percent of the residents on the street asking that truck traffic entering the city on Highway 20 be routed through town via Uren street and Coyote street. He said roaring truck motors through the thickly populated section made sleep nights virtually impossible. He pointed ‘but the other route would pass, through a less populous section. No action was taken on this matter but Kendrick . ’ was: promised a study will be made. Fred Bush, superintendent of the Pioneer park, reported the swimming pool was .closed for the season yesterday afternoon. The council agreed to proceed with plans to construct a rest room at the municipal airport. The group also approved a $300 bill for fertilizing the municipal ball park. Mayor Taylor, Councilmen H. J. Ray, William E. Mullis, Marvin E. Haddy and Frank Wright, and City Clerk George H. Calanan attended the council meeting. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway IDAHO-MARYLAND MEN BACK TO WORK TODAY Crews of the Idaho-Maryland mine near Grass Valley returned to work this morning, according to Neal O’Donnell, general manager, after a fire that was discovered Monday suspended operations. The fire was believed to have started from short circuited cables in the underground workings in the 2,140-foot level. O’Donnell said no estimates of loss had been made but damage had been confined to an area not in present production. Two pumping plants and other station equipment at the 2,410foot level are believed destroyed by the fire. PIONEER PARK LINE. NICKNAMED THE P. P. There is no railroad in the nation which does not have a nickname used by the public instead of the formal designation used in. official records and on company stationery— and the Pioneer Park Narrow Gauge is no exception! Henceforth the miniature line which will carry Nevada county youngsters around the park route will be known. as the Pioneer Park Line or more simply the "PP Line” or still more simply, the “PP,” — Residents here will recall the Nevada County Narrow Gauge (NCNG) was known as the “Never Come, Never Go.” P. P. RAIL STOCK SALES CONTINUE BRISK ALL WEEK Bond sales in the Pioneer Park Narrow Gauge railway were well past the one-third mark today as Bob Paine, secretary of the line, reported more than $300 had been subscribed to the needed $750 fund to build the junior railway at the municipal park. The large gaudy gold and green certificates modeled to resemble stock shares sold here in the ‘Gay Nineties, are being put in the mail today and tomorrow. The certificates may be _ purchased at The Nugget or Union office. Thus far shares have been inscribed for mailing to San Francisco, Richmond, Stockton, Oklahoma, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada. The funds will finance the completion of the kiddie railroad and the needed: passenger cars,. depot, bridges and tunnel, ; Max Solaro, instigator of the railroad, reported today that the line’s first locomotive, resembling the pioneer Nevada County Narrow Gauge engines, will be completed soon. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway ILLNESS CANCELLS TOMORROW'S DANCE Threatening ‘weather and _illness of several members of the entertainment cast today forced the cancellation of the planned street dance Saturday night at the foot of Pine street. The affair which is sponsored by the Nevada City Chambér of Commerce, will be resumed next Saturday night. Meanwhile, sale of Pioneef Park Narrow Gauge Railway stock, planned to be held during Saturday night affairs, will be conducted from the offices of the Nevada City Nugget and the Union. . ENROLLMENT AT LOCAL SCHOOLS BREAK RECORDS Incomplete figures in both Nevada City high, school and elementary.school enrollments were reported ‘by principals of the ' schools last night. High: school . enroliment was listed by Principal Ed ,A. Frantz as 215 to date as compared to 203 on the third day of 1949. Several more will be added to the number by students who are working or vacationing and not yet registered. Principal Henry Nines at the Oakland school district at Gold Flat reported a registration of 125 as compared to a 118 thirdday figure last year. Nines reported the present figure will be increased considerably by registrations declared but not yet officially made at the school. Largest increase was announced by Principal Lloyd Geist of the elementary school who registered an increase from 485 to 530 over a one-year -period. plete rosters of the three schools in the next edition. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway TAHOE FOREST CREWS FIGHT OTHER BLAZES Many of the personnel of the Tahoe national forest are busily fighting fires in other national forests in California and Nevada. ., Three men and a‘tanker were dispatched to Mendocino national forest. ‘ Twelve mén and a hastily. recruited créw of fallers joined fire fights on the Stanislaus national forest. Several crewmen of the Sierra district of the Tahoe national forest were sent to combat a 600acre fire southwest of Dog Valley near Crystal peak in the Toiyabe national forest. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway PAROLEE NABBED ON NEWTOWN ROAD Ira Gene Warren, 23, native of Tulsa, Okla., was apprehended last night at 8 o’clock on the Newtown road four miles west of Grass Valley by Deputy Sheriff Arthur “Sonny” Pepper. Warren, on parole from Chino, to Fresno county, violated his parole by leaving Fresno county Fred Schroeder, state probation officer from Sacramento is expected here this morning to interview .Warren, who is lodged in the county jail. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway Nevada and. Sierra counties will supply eight men for the first induction of draftees will occur between Sept. 25 and 29, according to Col. Kenneth H. Leitch, state draft director. The Nugget will. carry comwithout permission. pe NUGGET FREE TO ALL SERVICE PERSONNEL The Nugget will be sent free to all personnel of the armed.services for the duration of enlistments; The only. information we ask is the address and notification of changes of station. . The policy was initiated at the outbreak of the Korean incident but will become a permanent fixture in’ Nugget policy in war or peace. Several servicemen have already taken advantage of the offer and The Nugget invites all service personnel from Nevada and Sierra counties, and the Camptonville section of Yuba county to accept the offer. SARGENT STORY TO BE PRINTED The history of Nevada City written in 1855 by Aaron A. Sarpioneers, whose influence is still felt a century after his arrival here, will be reprinted in serial form in The Nugget. The series will start in next Friday’s issue, Sept. 15. Permission to reprint the book which will later be made available in book form was granted San Francisco attorney and the grandson of the celebrated Aaron A. Sargent. ‘ A trained. observer and a skillful writer, Sargent brings to his readers a broad viewpoint of pioneer incidents and ‘events, and incorporates into his observations a social and economic consideration of the early days not found in many of the so-called ’49 diaries usually limited to telling of personal hardships and the difficulties of finding gold. After a brief career of mining here he became a printer and later editor of the Nevada Journal. He served a term as district attorney. In 1860°he went to Washington, D. C., to the House of Representatives. In 1872 he was a U. S. Senator from California and aided in many projects that benefitted California. President Chester Arthur appointed him minister to the court of Germany but Sargent quarreled with Bismarck and was recalled. He returned to California and again opened a campaign for the U. S. Senate but was outmaneuvered by the powerful Leland Stanford forces and failed to win his party’s support. He died in 1887 after an adventurous life such as few men are privileged to live. On July 4 of this year, Elmer Stevens, orator of the day, quoted at length from a Fourth of July oration delivered by Sargent in -' Nevada City in 1866. gent, one of the city’s immortal, yesterday by Aaron M. Sargent,’ DIRECTORS SET TO FIRE VARNEY THIS MORNING Unless a miracle occurs Forrest Varney, manager of the 260,000 acre Nevada Irrigation District, will be fired this morning and the NID will embark upon a new adventure of diréctor-management. There was no indication last night. that Herbert Nile, J. H. . Gleason and Max Arnold, board ¢hairman, had retreated from the stand of Aug. 4 when they asked Varney’s resignation. At a meeting last week (Sept: 1) Varney did not submit his resignation. Gleason submitted a resolution which. was seconded by Nile, to discharge Varney today. Meanwhile the three directors have planned a management procedure under which the board of directors will meet weekly to outline coristruction and maintenance procedures which will ,be carried out by a superintendent who will be in charge of the Nevada, Placer and Mountain divisions of the NID. The superintendent will meet with the directors. Also part of the plan will be to hire an office manager whose (Continued on page six) Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway THURSDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR VOTE All Nevada county residents who wish to vote for or against Jimmy Roosevelt for governor of California and who are not registered have only until Thursday to take care of that little matter, according -to Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk. Anyone not in the voting roll . by the close of business Thursday, Sept. 14, cannot take. part in the important Nov. 7 general election. Chief registration point. is the clerk’s office on the main floor of the courthouse. It is open from 9 a.m.’ to 5 p.m. daily and from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. Anyone may. vote who is or will be 21 on or before election day, a citizen and has resided in the county .90 days and the state a year. i Those who lost their right to vote by not taking part in either: the primary or general elections in 1948 must reregister. Reregistration also is required of those who have changed their residence or their names, by marriage, for example. TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN IN NEVADA CITY The temperature record -was broken in Nevada City Saturday and Sunday afternoons, according to Fred Bush, local weather observer, when the thermometer zoomed to 102 on both days. Recordings for the week: Max. Min. Friday, Sept. 1 .. 99 ae. Saturday; Sept. 2: . 97 54 Sunday, Sept. 3 ..4.102 53 Monday, Sept. 4 .<°102 , 55 Tuesday, Sept. 5. 98 49 Wednesday, Sept.6. 93 47 Thursday, Sept. 7 .. 89 47 Note:: maximum temperatures are for the afternoon previous to date of recording. All readings are made at 8 a.m. for the previous 24 hours. Let’s Get Transcontinental Greyhound Bus Schedules EDITORIAL The. steep and twisting Bear Valley Grade 25 . miles east of here which has been described by historians through the years as “fearsome, ” “awesome” and “downright dangerous” has been erased from the Bear Valley landscape. The tortuous route which bore the almost obsolete warning “descend grade in low gear’ has been replaced by a realigned route with a gentle high gear grade with $345,000 of federal forestry service funds. Thousands of motorists who previously preferred the pack jammed traffic alonge highway 40 to the rough and rugged route along Highway 20 may soon start moving through Nevada City and Grass Valley. _ It would seem that now is the proper time for local promotional forces to-start studying and hustling several possible projects which could result from this new and improved traffic artery. The Pacific Greyhound Lines should be asked to put several of their daily transcontinental buses over the Bear Valley route both from the Emigranh Gap side near the Summit and from Auburn over Highway 49 into Grass Valley. . Although formal surveys have not been made, such a bus program would undoubtedly serve more population in the Nevada City-Grass Valley area than along Highway 40 between Emigrant Gap and Awburn. Such a service would be profitable to the bus line and a convenience to Nevada City and Grass Valley travelers. Bus travelers would be exposed to some new and refreshing mountain scenery. If frequent bus service developed over the route new businesses will spring up at bus stop points thus adding new revenue and new payrolls to the county © economy. Tourists, campers and anglers will soon start using the route for access to their favorite spots in the upper lake recreational areas. All this adds up to increased business in Nevada City and Grass Valley, increased tourist travel and new travel conveniences to local folks. Chambers of Commerce please note!!! and promotional groups, We talked briefly to one man who believes the improv ed Bear Valley route will be a detriment to Nevada City and Grass Valley. He believes the improved route will tempt more local people to journey to Reno to spend their dollars budgeted for amusement, and that local taverns and restaurants will suffer. ee _ If his line of thinking was projected one step further he could suggest that officials establish road blocks and tank traps‘on all routes leading from Nevada City so that local folks, perforce, would have to spend their entertainment dollars here.

a a ty CROSS-COUNTRY BUS SERVICE TO CITY POSSIBLE A representative of Glen G. Magnuson, general traffic manager of the Pacific Greyhound Lines, told The Nugget yesterday afternoon that the requests for improved bus service via the recently improved Bear Valley grade, will be given immediate ‘Study. The service, if actuated, will put Nevada City and Grass “Valley,. on transcontinental bus service. Both the Highgraders and the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce are studying the situation and preparing surveys with a view toward formal application for enlarged service to this area. It has been pointed out that alternate buses could be diverted from. the Highway 40 route at Emigrant Gap through Nevada City and Grass Valley on Highway 20 and rejoin the Highway 40 artery at Auburn. : Another part of a long range survey will be to determine if bus. service fromm Northern California routed eastward could not be routed over Highway 20 from Marysville and through Grass Valley and Nevada City onto the Highway 40 at Emigrant Gap. A similar study will be made of the .possibilities of westbound traffic from Reno destined for northern California points. Winter highway maintenance from Nevada, City to Emigrant Gap will also require study and solution before the above plans could be put into effect. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway CARDINAL BUILDING BOUGHT BY CAPITAL DOCTOR AND WIFE Grant deed was recorded yesterday afternoon in the office of Recorder John E. Nettell, transferring title to the Cardinal building, on the northeast corner of Pine and Broad from Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kyle and. Cardinal Groceries, to Dr. Paul H. and Lile Guttman, Sacramento. Revenue stamps indicated the price of the building was between $30,000 and $35,000. Kyle said the leases of the ten.ants will be honored by the new ‘owners, who have also indicated an extensive remodeling program will be instituted. Tenants of the building are the (Cardinal grocery store, Kyle’s meat market, Bolton’s variety store, Frank G. Finnegan, local attorney, and several lodges and organizations who use the upstairs as a meeting place. The building is believed to have been constructed in 1864 following the destructive fire of November, 1863. It has been Known as the Roberts, Morgan-Roberts and Morgan-Powell building. Kyle and the Cardinal stores purchased the building in 1946 from Mrs. Eliza Powell and the Morgan estate. ‘Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway CARD PARTY St. Canice Catholic church parishioners . will conduct a card party Monday evening, 8 p.m. at St. Canice hall. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Louise Kyle chairman, Mrs. Jerome _ Frey, Mrs. William Hallett, Miss Theresa Columbo, Mrs. Walter Butz, Mrs. Joe Glennon, Lorenzo Cicogni and Simon Hieronimus. SA/ Twenty-Third Year, No. 37 Nevada City (Nevada County) California, Friday, September 8, '1950 DISASTER UNIT DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL The Nevad City council studied possible organization of a citywide disaster council last night but took no formal action in the matter. Mayor Thomas H. Taylor led a lengthy discussion of the need of such an organization and City Attorney John Larue was armed with a model ordinance similar to the one adopted a month ago by Grass Valley but formal action was deferred until a later date. Ex-Fire Chief T. W. Sigourney reported that peace officers, fire officials and forestry ‘officers had conducted meetings over a threemonth period but the discussions had been considered secret and that no publicity had been given the developments. City Attorney Larue said he saw no point in secretiveness and it seemed the public should be made aware of any possible im-: pending emergencies. Eldon W. Kendrick, a resident on Nevada street, submitted a petition signed by more than 95 percent of the residents on the street asking that truck traffic entering the city on Highway 20 be routed through town via Uren street and Coyote street. He said roaring truck motors through the thickly populated section made sleep nights virtually impossible. He pointed ‘but the other route would pass, through a less populous section. No action was taken on this matter but Kendrick . ’ was: promised a study will be made. Fred Bush, superintendent of the Pioneer park, reported the swimming pool was .closed for the season yesterday afternoon. The council agreed to proceed with plans to construct a rest room at the municipal airport. The group also approved a $300 bill for fertilizing the municipal ball park. Mayor Taylor, Councilmen H. J. Ray, William E. Mullis, Marvin E. Haddy and Frank Wright, and City Clerk George H. Calanan attended the council meeting. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway IDAHO-MARYLAND MEN BACK TO WORK TODAY Crews of the Idaho-Maryland mine near Grass Valley returned to work this morning, according to Neal O’Donnell, general manager, after a fire that was discovered Monday suspended operations. The fire was believed to have started from short circuited cables in the underground workings in the 2,140-foot level. O’Donnell said no estimates of loss had been made but damage had been confined to an area not in present production. Two pumping plants and other station equipment at the 2,410foot level are believed destroyed by the fire. PIONEER PARK LINE. NICKNAMED THE P. P. There is no railroad in the nation which does not have a nickname used by the public instead of the formal designation used in. official records and on company stationery— and the Pioneer Park Narrow Gauge is no exception! Henceforth the miniature line which will carry Nevada county youngsters around the park route will be known. as the Pioneer Park Line or more simply the "PP Line” or still more simply, the “PP,” — Residents here will recall the Nevada County Narrow Gauge (NCNG) was known as the “Never Come, Never Go.” P. P. RAIL STOCK SALES CONTINUE BRISK ALL WEEK Bond sales in the Pioneer Park Narrow Gauge railway were well past the one-third mark today as Bob Paine, secretary of the line, reported more than $300 had been subscribed to the needed $750 fund to build the junior railway at the municipal park. The large gaudy gold and green certificates modeled to resemble stock shares sold here in the ‘Gay Nineties, are being put in the mail today and tomorrow. The certificates may be _ purchased at The Nugget or Union office. Thus far shares have been inscribed for mailing to San Francisco, Richmond, Stockton, Oklahoma, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada. The funds will finance the completion of the kiddie railroad and the needed: passenger cars,. depot, bridges and tunnel, ; Max Solaro, instigator of the railroad, reported today that the line’s first locomotive, resembling the pioneer Nevada County Narrow Gauge engines, will be completed soon. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway ILLNESS CANCELLS TOMORROW'S DANCE Threatening ‘weather and _illness of several members of the entertainment cast today forced the cancellation of the planned street dance Saturday night at the foot of Pine street. The affair which is sponsored by the Nevada City Chambér of Commerce, will be resumed next Saturday night. Meanwhile, sale of Pioneef Park Narrow Gauge Railway stock, planned to be held during Saturday night affairs, will be conducted from the offices of the Nevada City Nugget and the Union. . ENROLLMENT AT LOCAL SCHOOLS BREAK RECORDS Incomplete figures in both Nevada City high, school and elementary.school enrollments were reported ‘by principals of the ' schools last night. High: school . enroliment was listed by Principal Ed ,A. Frantz as 215 to date as compared to 203 on the third day of 1949. Several more will be added to the number by students who are working or vacationing and not yet registered. Principal Henry Nines at the Oakland school district at Gold

Flat reported a registration of 125 as compared to a 118 thirdday figure last year. Nines reported the present figure will be increased considerably by registrations declared but not yet officially made at the school. Largest increase was announced by Principal Lloyd Geist of the elementary school who registered an increase from 485 to 530 over a one-year -period. plete rosters of the three schools in the next edition. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway TAHOE FOREST CREWS FIGHT OTHER BLAZES Many of the personnel of the Tahoe national forest are busily fighting fires in other national forests in California and Nevada. ., Three men and a‘tanker were dispatched to Mendocino national forest. ‘ Twelve mén and a hastily. recruited créw of fallers joined fire fights on the Stanislaus national forest. Several crewmen of the Sierra district of the Tahoe national forest were sent to combat a 600acre fire southwest of Dog Valley near Crystal peak in the Toiyabe national forest. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway PAROLEE NABBED ON NEWTOWN ROAD Ira Gene Warren, 23, native of Tulsa, Okla., was apprehended last night at 8 o’clock on the Newtown road four miles west of Grass Valley by Deputy Sheriff Arthur “Sonny” Pepper. Warren, on parole from Chino, to Fresno county, violated his parole by leaving Fresno county Fred Schroeder, state probation officer from Sacramento is expected here this morning to interview .Warren, who is lodged in the county jail. Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway Nevada and. Sierra counties will supply eight men for the first induction of draftees will occur between Sept. 25 and 29, according to Col. Kenneth H. Leitch, state draft director. The Nugget will. carry comwithout permission. pe NUGGET FREE TO ALL SERVICE PERSONNEL The Nugget will be sent free to all personnel of the armed.services for the duration of enlistments; The only. information we ask is the address and notification of changes of station. . The policy was initiated at the outbreak of the Korean incident but will become a permanent fixture in’ Nugget policy in war or peace. Several servicemen have already taken advantage of the offer and The Nugget invites all service personnel from Nevada and Sierra counties, and the Camptonville section of Yuba county to accept the offer. SARGENT STORY TO BE PRINTED The history of Nevada City written in 1855 by Aaron A. Sarpioneers, whose influence is still felt a century after his arrival here, will be reprinted in serial form in The Nugget. The series will start in next Friday’s issue, Sept. 15. Permission to reprint the book which will later be made available in book form was granted San Francisco attorney and the grandson of the celebrated Aaron A. Sargent. ‘ A trained. observer and a skillful writer, Sargent brings to his readers a broad viewpoint of pioneer incidents and ‘events, and incorporates into his observations a social and economic consideration of the early days not found in many of the so-called ’49 diaries usually limited to telling of personal hardships and the difficulties of finding gold. After a brief career of mining here he became a printer and later editor of the Nevada Journal. He served a term as district attorney. In 1860°he went to Washington, D. C., to the House of Representatives. In 1872 he was a U. S. Senator from California and aided in many projects that benefitted California. President Chester Arthur appointed him minister to the court of Germany but Sargent quarreled with Bismarck and was recalled. He returned to California and again opened a campaign for the U. S. Senate but was outmaneuvered by the powerful Leland Stanford forces and failed to win his party’s support. He died in 1887 after an adventurous life such as few men are privileged to live. On July 4 of this year, Elmer Stevens, orator of the day, quoted at length from a Fourth of July oration delivered by Sargent in -' Nevada City in 1866. gent, one of the city’s immortal, yesterday by Aaron M. Sargent,’ DIRECTORS SET TO FIRE VARNEY THIS MORNING Unless a miracle occurs Forrest Varney, manager of the 260,000 acre Nevada Irrigation District, will be fired this morning and the NID will embark upon a new adventure of diréctor-management. There was no indication last night. that Herbert Nile, J. H. . Gleason and Max Arnold, board ¢hairman, had retreated from the stand of Aug. 4 when they asked Varney’s resignation. At a meeting last week (Sept: 1) Varney did not submit his resignation. Gleason submitted a resolution which. was seconded by Nile, to discharge Varney today. Meanwhile the three directors have planned a management procedure under which the board of directors will meet weekly to outline coristruction and maintenance procedures which will ,be carried out by a superintendent who will be in charge of the Nevada, Placer and Mountain divisions of the NID. The superintendent will meet with the directors. Also part of the plan will be to hire an office manager whose (Continued on page six) Buy a Share in the P. P. Railway THURSDAY LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR VOTE All Nevada county residents who wish to vote for or against Jimmy Roosevelt for governor of California and who are not registered have only until Thursday to take care of that little matter, according -to Ralph E. Deeble, county clerk. Anyone not in the voting roll . by the close of business Thursday, Sept. 14, cannot take. part in the important Nov. 7 general election. Chief registration point. is the clerk’s office on the main floor of the courthouse. It is open from 9 a.m.’ to 5 p.m. daily and from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. Anyone may. vote who is or will be 21 on or before election day, a citizen and has resided in the county .90 days and the state a year. i Those who lost their right to vote by not taking part in either: the primary or general elections in 1948 must reregister. Reregistration also is required of those who have changed their residence or their names, by marriage, for example. TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN IN NEVADA CITY The temperature record -was broken in Nevada City Saturday and Sunday afternoons, according to Fred Bush, local weather observer, when the thermometer zoomed to 102 on both days. Recordings for the week: Max. Min. Friday, Sept. 1 .... 99 ae. Saturday; Sept. 2: .. 97 54 Sunday, Sept. 3 ...4.102 53 Monday, Sept. 4 .<°102 , 55 Tuesday, Sept. 5.. 98 49 Wednesday, Sept.6. 93 47 Thursday, Sept. 7 ... 89 47 Note:: maximum temperatures are for the afternoon previous to date of recording. All readings are made at 8 a.m. for the previous 24 hours. Let’s Get Transcontinental Greyhound Bus Schedules EDITORIAL The. steep and twisting Bear Valley Grade 25 . miles east of here which has been described by historians through the years as “fearsome, ” “awesome” and “downright dangerous” has been erased from the Bear Valley landscape. The tortuous route which bore the almost obsolete warning “descend grade in low gear’ has been replaced by a realigned route with a gentle high gear grade with $345,000 of federal forestry service funds. Thousands of motorists who previously preferred the pack jammed traffic alonge highway 40 to the rough and rugged route along Highway 20 may soon start moving through Nevada City and Grass Valley. _ It would seem that now is the proper time for local promotional forces to-start studying and hustling several possible projects which could result from this new and improved traffic artery. The Pacific Greyhound Lines should be asked to put several of their daily transcontinental buses over the Bear Valley route both from the Emigranh Gap side near the Summit and from Auburn over Highway 49 into Grass Valley. . Although formal surveys have not been made, such a bus program would undoubtedly serve more population in the Nevada City-Grass Valley area than along Highway 40 between Emigrant Gap and Awburn. Such a service would be profitable to the bus line and a convenience to Nevada City and Grass Valley travelers. Bus travelers would be exposed to some new and refreshing mountain scenery. If frequent bus service developed over the route new businesses will spring up at bus stop points thus adding new revenue and new payrolls to the county © economy. Tourists, campers and anglers will soon start using the route for access to their favorite spots in the upper lake recreational areas. All this adds up to increased business in Nevada City and Grass Valley, increased tourist travel and new travel conveniences to local folks. Chambers of Commerce please note!!! and promotional groups, We talked briefly to one man who believes the improv ed Bear Valley route will be a detriment to Nevada City and Grass Valley. He believes the improved route will tempt more local people to journey to Reno to spend their dollars budgeted for amusement, and that local taverns and restaurants will suffer. ee _ If his line of thinking was projected one step further he could suggest that officials establish road blocks and tank traps‘on all routes leading from Nevada City so that local folks, perforce, would have to spend their entertainment dollars here.