September 4, 1968 (8 pages)

_P i I I “ de OR RS, be the Nevada County Nugget September 4, 1968 > e 7 $210 for a doorknob Only 20 years ago, anemployer in New England challenged the constitutionality of withholding taxes on the grounds that and employee's full wages be-. longed to him until the taxes were due, at which time he could pay them himself. This point of view was never brdught before the Supreme Court for a ruling, and nobody has challenged withholding since, And so, all businesses have become tax collectors for the government, whether they like it or not. The horror stories of senseless waste in federal spending are legendary and include everything from $152 billion in foreign aid down to $210 doorknobs for the Pentagon. An ar. ticle appearing in an Esco Corporation publication makes the suggestion that, "If we have neither the courage nor the money to contest a tax system of questionable legality, the least we can do is to take some action regarding the ways in which our money is_ spent." It is pointed out that if we haven't written the people who control federal spending -our Congressmen, our Senators and the President of the United States-lately, perhaps it's time we got at it, or an alternative might be to register our protest in the polling booth this November. _. Mining was-a rough and perilous business in Washington District ‘Tragedy marked the mining operations in the Washington area years ago. Last week, the’author related some of thé stories taken from local newspapers long out of business. Here are some others, * kK A Chinaman, who was working _ on the 700-foot level of the Eagle Bird Mine, not knowing that the. hoisting works above was on fire, stepped into the bucket to go to the surface, The bucket, out of control, fell to. the 800-foot level, killing him instantly, An: inquest was held on the China-man. by the Justice of the Peace in Washington, "The Chinaman killed was a.High-up Mason, and will be buried in Washing-ton tomorrow with all the honors of that fraternity." (Nevada City Daily Transcript August 29, 1894) %* "Carl Anderson, age 30, who lived in Washington with his mother for 10 years, was 'Blown to Bits’ yesterday atthe German Mine near Canyon Creek, when three dynamite charges he was preparing were dn some way accidentally set off." (NCDT, April, 1890) "John Driscoll, age about 33, unmarried, was smothered to death when six sets of timbers gave way Wednesday at the Boston Mine in God's Country above Washington, He had been foreman of the Eagle Bird Mine.” (NCDT, July 4, 1890) * "A Chinaman, who was working alone on a claim near Omega, was killed Sunday, when the hill above him caved in. 'The Mongolian was buried in Washington yesterday.'" (NCDT, March 13, 1895) * * "Henry Klauer, age 35, was killed yesterday in the California Mine (Gaston) when the timber of a stope he was working in with another miner, T.B, Reynolds, collapsed, and they were buried under tons of earth. Reynolds was. only slightly injured." (NCDT,September 1, 1896) ee ae 2S "At the Spanish Mine last Tuesday, Ah Cue, a Chinese miner, was instantly killed by being struck on the head with a piece of falling rock. He was at work at the bottom of the shaft . at the time." : ~ {NCDT, November* 2, °1896) * "A, Monte, killed at Grey Eagle Mine by flying rock when . some giant powder was accidentally fired by a lighted candle." (The Daily Miner-Transcript, July 20; 1905) be "Jerry Holland, overcome by smoke and died in a fire that destroyed the blacksmith shop, change house and lumber shed at the Ethel Mine in God's Country.” (The Daily Miner-Transcript, October 9, 1905) * & Hector G, Williamson, native of Washington, age 43, the first locator of the Red Ledge Mine, killed at that mine by a landslide December 31, 1913, *** John McFaydn, killed by falling rock in a tunnel at the Red Ledge Mine, April 19, 1920, CALIFORNIA oPEARKS DR. BERNDT KOLKER, University of the Pacific, on ’ student revolt — “Traditionally, it is the role of the parent to provide stability for his offspring. Too many of today’s parents failed in this assignment.” LOUISE SINCLAIR, San Diego, on “Poor People’s Campaign”—‘“In my growing years my family was very poor (but) we didn’t seem to demand our ‘rights’ that the more affluent should contribute to our lot.” /CNEVADA COUNTY NUGGET EDITORIAL : . '~« USA today By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Lest anyone doubt it, this is a strange and topsy-turvy time in which we live —attested to lately by a rather heavy flow of Alice-inWonderlandish developments across the news wires. Consider, for example, the tribal woes of New York City’s fabled policemen. With the public demanding safe streets and cities, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and the Lindsay Administration have engaged in a rather perplexing dispute over a PBA order that officers should enforce the law 100%, regardless of any political or policy decisions from the City Administration. The key point at issue seems to be whether policemen should adhere to the, Administration’s alleged policy of restraint, particularly in respect to not arresting looters and demonstrators who break the law. Since both sides agree that the Police Commissioner is running the Department, and he says every officer had better follow orders or face disciplinary action,, the question ~ seems to boil down to whether “he will issue politically-oriented orders which modify in any degree the policeman’s sworn. duty to “protect life and property, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, preserve the public peace.” While all this leaves the individual policeman somewhat confused, strange it seems indeed that there should even be qa. dispute today over enforcement of the law as it stands. Or consider the remarkable Case of the Cigarette. Probably never before has the government attacked any industry more vigorously than the Surgeon General’s Office is now attacking the tobacco industry, most recently by taking new aim at cigarette advertising and packaging, and denouncing the industry for “encouraging death and disease.” In sharp rebuttal, the Tobacco Institute pointed out its © ‘ major role in financing ‘medi— cal research into the effects of smoking. They might have added that advertising is largely a competition among brands for selection by the buyer, not an enticement to new smokers. ; Remarkable though it is that the government is stepping up its war against a private, tax-paying industry, the whole attack will-remain almost incomprehensible so long as the government continues farm subsidies for tobacco. Finally comes the strange case of Lyndon Johnson rolling back steel prices. If he expected a loud public cheer for using the great power of government contracts to fight inflation in this way, he must have been surprised — for what he got was a new Gallup Poll showing that the public overwhelmingly regards big government, not big business or big labor, as the biggest threat to the country.Like we said, these are strange and wonderful days . for the unexpected. Mac’s mulligan A MENDOCINO county attorney is handling an estate that involves finding homes for about 650 cats. What an assignment! Cats get into wills quite often. Some: years ago in Humboldt county cats were left the income from some valuable shares of stock, The money was to go towardthe support of the felines, not 650 of them but quite a number. The heirs of the estate of the woman who loved cats went into court and whipped that provision of the will. Before the property, including the mansion where the cats lived, was sold a tavern owner toyed with the idea of buying the house and opening a night club there. He decided he'd call it The Cat House. He said he knew the name would cause a ruckus but in view of the publicity given the will in court, he felt he could legally defend the name. And what a lot of free advertising that club would get! %* 0K ok PSYCHOLOGISTS might look into this: Most of the kids who were lost at the fair were boys. At least that was the way it went while I was at the fair. Never did see a girl ask police or attendants for help inlocatingher folks, Maybe girls justknow ~ ' their way around better than the boys do. Or maybe they just don't panic so fast. * * * ABSENT MINDED CANDIDATE, A man ran unopposed for the mayor's job in a small Maryland town, Naturally he won, But the election was declared invalid — he wasn't a registered voter. * * THE MATCHBOOK COVER ad said "Be an accountant" so. wrote the company to learn more about that field, Back came an examination form which Ilaboriously filled out. The results were disheartening. It seems I .don't know the difference between a debit and a debtor, aper cent and a balance, NowI'mrunning around from store to store buying tobacco in the hope of getting a matchbook cover offering a course in something I can do. * * * THE STATE started its dove hunting season September 1. Some Democrats started theirs earlier, in Chicago, * * * GOOD FOR DER BINGLE — Bing Crosby says, "I won't retire. I'd put too many people out of. work, And I'm having too much fun!" And may he continue to keep people working and to have lots of fun, He deserves the best. . * * * MOST UNUSUAL and best keynote speech I ever heard -Senator Daniel Inouye's at the Demo convention. Even some Repubs liked it, * * * CAVEAT VENDOR THE ATLA (American Trial Lawyers Assn.) is gearing itself for an increase in action because "mil’ Aug, 31 . 95 52 lions of American consumers are turning away from state and federal government agencies to the courts for ‘protection from flagrant violations involving both safety and quality on items purchased for home, business and personal use." In other words, the lawyers are going to protect the "trusting consumer" against the unscrupulous manufacturer and merchant. The ATLA will hold a seminar for lawyers in San Francisco September 13-14, to further the cause, * kK SENATOR COLOGNE introduces so much State water legislation his friends probably cal) him Eau de,. Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min, Aug. 28 81 45 Aug, 29 86 48. Aug. 30 “93-53 Sept. 1 93 53 Sept, 2 89 53 Sept. 3 85 49 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year coocooocoom = -— Pe 8& GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Aug, 28 80 53 Aug, 29 89 55 Aug. 30 97 59 Aug. 31 101 60 Sept. 1 97 60 Sept. 2 92 52 Sept. 3 86 54 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, SocoooCCOoOm eo 3 & Telephone 265-2471Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada * County Superior Court , Juce 8, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates; . one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION }

_P i I I “ de OR RS, be the Nevada County Nugget September 4, 1968 > e 7 $210 for a doorknob Only 20 years ago, anemployer in New England challenged the constitutionality of withholding taxes on the grounds that and employee's full wages be-. longed to him until the taxes were due, at which time he could pay them himself. This point of view was never brdught before the Supreme Court for a ruling, and nobody has challenged withholding since, And so, all businesses have become tax collectors for the government, whether they like it or not. The horror stories of senseless waste in federal spending are legendary and include everything from $152 billion in foreign aid down to $210 doorknobs for the Pentagon. An ar. ticle appearing in an Esco Corporation publication makes the suggestion that, "If we have neither the courage nor the money to contest a tax system of questionable legality, the least we can do is to take some action regarding the ways in which our money is_ spent." It is pointed out that if we haven't written the people who control federal spending -our Congressmen, our Senators and the President of the United States-lately, perhaps it's time we got at it, or an alternative might be to register our protest in the polling booth this November. _. Mining was-a rough and perilous business in Washington District ‘Tragedy marked the mining operations in the Washington area years ago. Last week, the’author related some of thé stories taken from local newspapers long out of business. Here are some others, * kK A Chinaman, who was working _ on the 700-foot level of the Eagle Bird Mine, not knowing that the. hoisting works above was on fire, stepped into the bucket to go to the surface, The bucket, out of control, fell to. the 800-foot level, killing him instantly, An: inquest was held on the China-man. by the Justice of the Peace in Washington, "The Chinaman killed was a.High-up Mason, and will be buried in Washing-ton tomorrow with all the honors of that fraternity." (Nevada City Daily Transcript August 29, 1894) %* "Carl Anderson, age 30, who lived in Washington with his mother for 10 years, was 'Blown to Bits’ yesterday atthe German Mine near Canyon Creek, when three dynamite charges he was preparing were dn some way accidentally set off." (NCDT, April, 1890) "John Driscoll, age about 33, unmarried, was smothered to death when six sets of timbers gave way Wednesday at the Boston Mine in God's Country above Washington, He had been foreman of the Eagle Bird Mine.” (NCDT, July 4, 1890) * "A Chinaman, who was working alone on a claim near Omega, was killed Sunday, when the hill above him caved in. 'The Mongolian was buried in Washington yesterday.'" (NCDT, March 13, 1895) * * "Henry Klauer, age 35, was killed yesterday in the California Mine (Gaston) when the timber of a stope he was working in with another miner, T.B, Reynolds, collapsed, and they were buried under tons of earth. Reynolds was. only slightly injured." (NCDT,September 1, 1896) ee ae 2S "At the Spanish Mine last Tuesday, Ah Cue, a Chinese miner, was instantly killed by being struck on the head with a piece of falling rock. He was at work at the bottom of the shaft . at the time." : ~ {NCDT, November* 2, °1896) * "A, Monte, killed at Grey Eagle Mine by flying rock when . some giant powder was accidentally fired by a lighted candle." (The Daily Miner-Transcript, July 20; 1905) be "Jerry Holland, overcome by smoke and died in a fire that destroyed the blacksmith shop, change house and lumber shed at the Ethel Mine in God's Country.” (The Daily Miner-Transcript, October 9, 1905) * & Hector G, Williamson, native of Washington, age 43, the first locator of the Red Ledge Mine, killed at that mine by a landslide December 31, 1913, *** John McFaydn, killed by falling rock in a tunnel at the Red Ledge Mine, April 19, 1920, CALIFORNIA oPEARKS DR. BERNDT KOLKER, University of the Pacific, on ’ student revolt — “Traditionally, it is the role of the parent to provide stability for his offspring. Too many of today’s parents failed in this assignment.” LOUISE SINCLAIR, San Diego, on “Poor People’s Campaign”—‘“In my growing years my family was very poor (but) we didn’t seem to demand our ‘rights’ that the more affluent should contribute to our lot.” /CNEVADA COUNTY NUGGET EDITORIAL : . '~« USA today By ROBERT M. SMALLEY Lest anyone doubt it, this is a strange and topsy-turvy time in which we live —attested to lately by a rather heavy flow of Alice-inWonderlandish developments across the news wires. Consider, for example, the tribal woes of New York City’s fabled policemen. With the public demanding safe streets and cities, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and the Lindsay Administration have engaged in a rather perplexing dispute over a PBA order that officers should enforce the law 100%, regardless of any political or policy decisions from the City Administration. The key point at issue seems to be whether policemen should adhere to the, Administration’s alleged policy of restraint, particularly in respect to not arresting looters and demonstrators who break the law. Since both sides agree that the Police Commissioner is running the Department, and he says every officer had better follow orders or face disciplinary action,, the question ~ seems to boil down to whether “he will issue politically-oriented orders which modify in any degree the policeman’s sworn. duty to “protect life and property, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, preserve the public peace.” While all this leaves the individual policeman somewhat confused, strange it seems indeed that there should even be qa. dispute today over enforcement of the law as it

stands. Or consider the remarkable Case of the Cigarette. Probably never before has the government attacked any industry more vigorously than the Surgeon General’s Office is now attacking the tobacco industry, most recently by taking new aim at cigarette advertising and packaging, and denouncing the industry for “encouraging death and disease.” In sharp rebuttal, the Tobacco Institute pointed out its © ‘ major role in financing ‘medi— cal research into the effects of smoking. They might have added that advertising is largely a competition among brands for selection by the buyer, not an enticement to new smokers. ; Remarkable though it is that the government is stepping up its war against a private, tax-paying industry, the whole attack will-remain almost incomprehensible so long as the government continues farm subsidies for tobacco. Finally comes the strange case of Lyndon Johnson rolling back steel prices. If he expected a loud public cheer for using the great power of government contracts to fight inflation in this way, he must have been surprised — for what he got was a new Gallup Poll showing that the public overwhelmingly regards big government, not big business or big labor, as the biggest threat to the country.Like we said, these are strange and wonderful days . for the unexpected. Mac’s mulligan A MENDOCINO county attorney is handling an estate that involves finding homes for about 650 cats. What an assignment! Cats get into wills quite often. Some: years ago in Humboldt county cats were left the income from some valuable shares of stock, The money was to go towardthe support of the felines, not 650 of them but quite a number. The heirs of the estate of the woman who loved cats went into court and whipped that provision of the will. Before the property, including the mansion where the cats lived, was sold a tavern owner toyed with the idea of buying the house and opening a night club there. He decided he'd call it The Cat House. He said he knew the name would cause a ruckus but in view of the publicity given the will in court, he felt he could legally defend the name. And what a lot of free advertising that club would get! %* 0K ok PSYCHOLOGISTS might look into this: Most of the kids who were lost at the fair were boys. At least that was the way it went while I was at the fair. Never did see a girl ask police or attendants for help inlocatingher folks, Maybe girls justknow ~ ' their way around better than the boys do. Or maybe they just don't panic so fast. * * * ABSENT MINDED CANDIDATE, A man ran unopposed for the mayor's job in a small Maryland town, Naturally he won, But the election was declared invalid — he wasn't a registered voter. * * THE MATCHBOOK COVER ad said "Be an accountant" so. wrote the company to learn more about that field, Back came an examination form which Ilaboriously filled out. The results were disheartening. It seems I .don't know the difference between a debit and a debtor, aper cent and a balance, NowI'mrunning around from store to store buying tobacco in the hope of getting a matchbook cover offering a course in something I can do. * * * THE STATE started its dove hunting season September 1. Some Democrats started theirs earlier, in Chicago, * * * GOOD FOR DER BINGLE — Bing Crosby says, "I won't retire. I'd put too many people out of. work, And I'm having too much fun!" And may he continue to keep people working and to have lots of fun, He deserves the best. . * * * MOST UNUSUAL and best keynote speech I ever heard -Senator Daniel Inouye's at the Demo convention. Even some Repubs liked it, * * * CAVEAT VENDOR THE ATLA (American Trial Lawyers Assn.) is gearing itself for an increase in action because "mil’ Aug, 31 . 95 52 lions of American consumers are turning away from state and federal government agencies to the courts for ‘protection from flagrant violations involving both safety and quality on items purchased for home, business and personal use." In other words, the lawyers are going to protect the "trusting consumer" against the unscrupulous manufacturer and merchant. The ATLA will hold a seminar for lawyers in San Francisco September 13-14, to further the cause, * kK SENATOR COLOGNE introduces so much State water legislation his friends probably cal) him Eau de,. Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min, Aug. 28 81 45 Aug, 29 86 48.. Aug. 30 “93-53 Sept. 1 93 53 Sept, 2 89 53 Sept. 3 85 49 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year coocooocoom = -— Pe 8& GRASS VALLEY Max. Min, Aug, 28 80 53 Aug, 29 89 55 Aug. 30 97 59 Aug. 31 101 60 Sept. 1 97 60 Sept. 2 92 52 Sept. 3 86 54 Rainfall to date Rainfall last year PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, SocoooCCOoOm eo 3 & Telephone 265-2471Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada * County Superior Court , Juce 8, 1960. DecreeNo, 12, 406, Subscription Rates; . one year, $3.00; two years, $5, 00, 1967 PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER of the CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION }