Mountain Democrat (Newspaper) - February 2, 1924, Placerville, California VOL pr annum PLACERVILLE EL DORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2 1924 No 5 CALLING A SPADE A SPADE NO BONDS FOE FIEE HOUSE A Plain Talk on the Reorganization of the El Dorado County ber of Commerce Sometimes a newspaper feels com- to say things that it would rather leave unsaid feels like the father who whips his boy solely for the good of the boy It would seem that it ought to be unnecessary to say things at this stage of the game yet there is thing radically wrong After consultation with all the boost organizations and all who laid any claim to being able or willing to boost Placerville and El Dorado county it was decided to put on a membership drive under the auspices of the of the Uni- ted Chambers of Commerce of the Sacramento Valley and to organize a new El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce all other existing boost bodies to go out of existence upon the completion of the of the new chamber A general committee was ed with Guy E Went worth as man and C H president of the El Dorado County ment Association H E Dillinger president of the El Dorado County Chamber of and Frank E Bordwell as associates The committee met and captains and lieutenants to carry on the drive were chosen and a big get together dinner planned and ried out The dinner was a big cess and everyone seemed tic and ready to go The majors gave out membership cards to the captains and the captains passed them on to the lieutenants and the drive was on The committee desiring to raise funds with which to hire an all time secretary had decided to ask each business house in the city to sub- cribe per year and to charge per annum for memberships A few merchants signed at once for but a majority refused and thereupon the solicitors instead of adjusting matters quit and the merchants were left out having signed even a card The drive was con- and about three men kept at work until noon Wednesday of this week when the membership roll contained the names of 141 who had paid at least one quarter dues in advance and the committee to have ballots printed with the names of those who -had paid and mailed a ballot to each one The ballots mailed out contain the names of all who had signed and paid up in advance and each sub- scriber will put a cross opposite the names of fifteen whom he would like to have nominated for directors of the El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce The thirty persons re- the highest vote will be for directors After marking a cross opposite fifteen names place the ballot in the stamped envelope and mail it A careful perusal of the ballot discloses the fact that one member of the general committee and others interested In the drive have not signed membership cards The names of prominent business men who have always been members of the chamber of commerce do not appear on the ballot The names of many who demanded a reorganisation do not appear on the ballot The reorganisation plan is so eminently fair and tree of ity tor any one to play politics or there can be no ex- cuse tor persons to refrain from miming carte Under the plan adopted The Placerville Volunteer Fire department held an meeting Sunday evening at which a new fire house was discussed with City Trustees Dillinger and Quigley It was decided that a bond issue was impractical at this time and some plan whereby the city can help and the business men loan their credit until the department can pay out will be formulated and adopted N was decided to make an extra effort to stimulate interest in the Benefit Dance to be given about April 1st A ticket selling campaign will be put on and an en- deavor made to have the financial benefits be an indication of the appreciation of the ity of its efficient fire department LEGION MAKING SURVEY The percentage of crime in the United States committed by aliens will be determined by the American Legion to claims that immigration be pended over a period of five years according to word received in from National Commander John R Quinn of this State This will be undertaken by the gion Americanism commission in each state department of the ans organization A survey will be made of all courts prisons and penal institutions GEORGETOWN CASE DECIDED The litigation that occupied the time of the superior court three days last week and was followed with considerable interest by the people of Georgetown was decided Monday by Judge Landis in favar of Stewart McNab as against William L B Mills Thomas Maul represented Mr and Darlington Lyons were for Mr Mills of County Chamber of Commerce IB open to all of the Shinty and thOM who care enough about the welfare of the county to loin allowed a secret ballot to chooM fifteen tors those directors will manage the affairs of the chamber for one year It la open to all and the will of the majority will prevail What could be What else could any honest man ask fort Some may be hesitating because they fear a failure The only way to insure a failure is to hesitate and fall to do your part The only means by which tin community can U by the elimination of STATE BOARD OF INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS Governor Richardson today an- Zeta Encampment Xo 5 I 0 0 the appointment of of Placerville had a large members of the State board of dance at their installation on culture two of whom are j night Jan there being ments and four are new members on I about 250 brothers present the board Those appointed were I John Bailey D D G P the J A McComber a farmer of Tulare officer attended by a county and I L Borden of Sanitation of installing officers Francisco who has large farming ing of F L Spencer D G J W W interests in several counties Clark D G H P C E Britton new appointees are Fred H a G S W Wm McDonald D G prominent cattle and stock man of Long Beach William H Brooks a farmer of Imperial County Robert A Condee manager of the George j bv the Rebekah Escort Team of R S Patriarch Howard D G F S Clark D G T nnd J kup D G I G and also attended Junior Republic farm at Chico and Sam H Greene of San Francisco the executive officer of the California Dairy Cauncil In making these the governor consisting of Mrs A LATROBE FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION Dave Randall is visiting his National Farm Loan ter Mrs John Barton Mr and Mrs Jack Simas and son Miss Allen and Norman Simas spent the week here end at the Simaa home Miss Eloise Dunlap Mrs J L Miller Mrs Josephine Swift Miss Grace Bryant and Barton Dunlap meeting January at sociation Holds Annual ing The Placerville National Farm Association held their annual attended the Odd Fellows and Re- bekah public installation at som Friday evening Mrs Florence Freeman and son Walter Freeman have gone to Los the chamber of commerce rooms E Marks was elected at the last meeting of of directors and his annual re- port showed that the association has Angeles to spend a couple of weeks members and that the total Eldo Rebekah Lodge No held of loans in this county are McBeth Mrs U I Curry i public installation here Saturday up to January 1st 1924 Karl Hannaford Miss Ruth I evening Jan The officers were also reports that he now has Miss Ella Ellis Miss installed by Hattic Muller D D P applications pending rie Mrs P P Phelan T P j as Grace Bryant P N G The association issued a dividend I have tried to make the board as i P P Phelan F S Showers Oral Waggoner X G Edna Smith to its last year of representative of farming inter- ests of California as possible and R C F Anderson R J Curry J T Wall and M have selected men whom I believe drill master arid Miss Hazel will giva good service to the State Imperial Valley has been given which it has never had before and the dairy interests have been given a member I have not made any ments from Sacramento County for the reason that is already one member of the board from this county and two others live very near to the capital It seemed to me that it was for the interests of and the whole State that the members of the board should be as representative of the State as possible and should not be in any one locality PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The subject of the morning mon next Sunday at the ian church is the fourth beatitude This is the central one and states the subject uf the whole sermon on the mount in fact it is the theme of the whole gospel the The controversy was over the of tho of God as com- of the M M ranch SHAKESPEARE CLUB PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY Feb 2 general club Feb 9 literary section subject Modern Poets Feb 15 Frederick noted Shakespearean actor and lecturer at Elite Theater Friday evening Feb 15th Feb 16 civic section Feb 23 literary section subject Edgar Quest pared with the righteousness of the scribes and The object of this service to help men and I women lives in service to God ami one another Surely such a theme is worthy of the inter- est and attention of every man in in all walks of life lonor the ethical and moral teaching of the sermon on the mount Why not come to church Sunday morning and hear an interpretation of the Mrg G A Higbee at fourth beatitude by a student of the EXCURSION RATES ARRANGED Reduced passenger rates will be put in effect by the Southern Pacific Company for Washington's birthday February 22 This is announced by I H R Parsons passenger traffic who said that reductions of twenty-five per cent from the l round trip fare would be made for the holiday Tickets will be on sale February 21 and 22 with final return limit February 26 sonal jealousies and district ries and by a common sense union for the community good It is not a question of if you don't like it get but rather if you don't like it get in and make it what you do like You can never control or influence asi organization by remaining on the outside and finding fault with it The chamber of commerce is you and it will be what you make it not what you try to have the other low make it Every public spirited man and man in El Dorado County ought to be a member of the El Dorado ty Chamber of Commerce No man or set of men should ex- to dictate in community and county attain and no one could if there was general intercut taken and the chamber of commerce made as it can be made under the plan now adopted All nominating ballots must be mailed before Monday evening Feb 4 The ballots will then be counted by the general committee and the thirty receiving the most votes will be declared the nominees Then a ballot containing the names of the thirty will be mailed to all who have signed up and paid by Wednesday noon Feb 6 and a ret ballot taken to elect fifteen dl rectors The directors when ed will meet and their own president vice-president secretary and treasurer McFarland pianist The following were ed into their respective J Stone C P Geo F Jaeger II P F L Holmes S W F L Spencer R S M Dunkum F S Jules Mark Miller 1 George Wood Myers ter Swain 2nd W 13 K Allison rd Jules Hesse W Clark I Mat Miller O S Uolan G T C E 2nd G T There present the grand officers of Rebekah Lodge consisting of Mrs Vida D D P Mrs li A Mundt D G G Mrs Edward Regan D O F S Mrs frail D D G W and Miss D D G S and Mrs Hattic Muller IV O of trobe Rebekah and 1 D G P Van and P U G P Post of Sacramento After the installation Miss ces Spencer and F L Holmes each favored the gathering with a solo Geo F Ycager was appointed master and called on a few of the patriarchs who gave some ing talks A banquet was after which there was dancing until an early hour GARRETT WILLIAM STARK V G Florence Josephine Swift ant W Annie Charlotte Bryant den R S N G Con Chap Edna Agnes Dugan L Freeman Secy voted to issue a dividend of reas Cora 13 211 CT to its members for the year ending December 1923 The elected were Dr S II Albert G Volz Albert S N G Marietta Miller R S V Carlson Winkleman and Dan G Bassi The officers elected were Dr S H Rantz President Albert G vice president Worthy E Marks secretary-treasurer o G Eloise Dunlap L S V G Smith I G William eler O G After the installation ceremonies were over Miss Eloise who js on the social tee put on a play entitled The Latrobe Hand by the ing school and orchestra MRS CAROLINE ARADOZE caused was G by years of hard Louis An- Mrs Caroline Aradoze passed geline and race away at her home on Texas Hill garet Fredericks Charlotte Smith Ella Cole Helen and Florence lap Harold Duden Mario Alice Lefevre Everyone ed it very much All were then in- to the banquet room stairs where refreshments were ed at the beautifully decorated tables Mrs Hazel Blair and niece May of Rescue were visiting relatives here recently lay Death was Deceased She leaves a son Lopez to mourn her loss The were taken from the Dillinger Parlors Monday to Shingle for interment Communicated Calorine Aradoze was born of Spanish parents at Michigan Bar Richard Lasswell went to Amador She carne witb her parents when a child to El Dorado county where her father was en- William Stark passed Saturday at the home of his great teacher's A warm welcome awaits you The evening service will be con- by the Christian Endeavor eaders METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES The communion service and play Deceased was a resident of mento and was visiting his daughter at the time of his death He was 67 years of age a native of He leaves to mourn his passing a wife three sons Marvin John and George one daughter Mrs Geo Higbee He was a resident of the Friday evening Mr and Mrs C F Enterman and daughter Doris Sacramento at- tended the installation evn in LC Mr and of rona were guests at the home of the latter's mother Mrs charlotte ant this week end Eugene Shinn was called to trobe Saturday on account of illness of his son Ed son OLD TIMER PLAY GROUND PROJECT MOVES FORWARD tion of members will be interesting district for years leaving features of the Sunday morning and Beating in Sacramento about twelve years ago A vice The sermon topic will be The and His Church In the evening the pastor will give the fourth of the series of addresses on Great Teachings of Jesus An In- young people's meeting at will be directed by Mrs coet The young people are making these services full of Interest and profit Good music at all the vices smith by trade he was one of the busy builders who helped make fornia what it is The funeral was held in mento Thursday morning MORE THAN HUNDRED COMING The committees in charge of the reception and entertainment of the members of the American River Summer Homes Association are all and have arrangements about completed for the and housing of over a dred visitors who have intention of upending next Saturday and Sunday Feb 9 and 10 in The general will have a final meeting to sure that every de- tail has been properly attended to The finance committee will busy the of the week It should be the policy of every resident of this eity to constitute themselves on the on BIRTHDAY PARTY AT SHINGLE Fred Wessels was In from the cue district today Friday Mr and Mrs Fred Irwin and Mr and Mrs Perry Tracy to Sacramento Friday They report oranges and olives going to waste in the Fair Oaks district Peculiar conditions when are 15 cents a dosen tad rotting on the ground within forty miles of us Mr and Mrs Frank McDonald gave a birthday party at their home in Shingle in honor of their son Frank Jr it being the young man's third birthday Games were played and enjoyed by the children At five o'clock a lovely lunch waa spread on the tily arranged table with all kinds of goodies The birthday cake was a large one beautifully decorated and in the center were three small dles the age of Babe McDonald The young man received many nice presents When the happy group departed for home they all wished Babe many more such happy birthdays The young men and hoys who are married to Joseph Lopez and to the one son waa born Mr Lopez Killed by accident Several tars igo Caroline was united in marriage lo Joseph Aradoze who es her Besides her husband -In a son Joseph Lopez a and several nieces and nephews The funeral services were dueled by Rev Null of the M E church at the Dillinger Parlors at li o'clock afternoon She was a loving wife and mother interested in the building of a play was ready with a helping ground on the hill hack of the hund to aid others in sii or dis- odist church have cleared up enough truss of the ground to convince the i Calm in thy slumber in thy grave of the church that the so low we love thee but Jesus loves tion is practicable and the work has the best received the approval of the official j If there are starry board The young fellows want the i Heaven for loved ones crowns in the assistance of the people of in clearing up the old cemetery i properties on the hill and they will turn this amount into grading of the playground They have already i star of Caroline as bright any I'm not a pessimist 1 can sue the silver lining all right be- made a wonderful improvement in cause the people and in the of the property and this country are waking up and are removing a brush patch that ia a serious fire menace MISSIONARY MEETING Mrs Luther and Mrs Maul the missionary society at the home of the former on upper way Friday afternoon The subject was China led by Mrs Lovejoy Papers were read by a number of ladies An interesting and Instructive afternoon waa spent Dainty refreshments were served and a goodly sum was realised for the missions SOCIAL GATHERING TONIGHT Tonight Friday Feb 1 there will be a social gathering at the terian church the young people of the church All are invited to be present and have another good time for which church Is noted A short program stunts fun games and refreshments will be in order o HOME OF RICHARDSON Mrs Chas Mrs T C Atwood Mrs George Rieber and Mrs Robert Dart were at a card the of Mrs Qov ernor Richardson In Sacramento we're going to save what left of our natural resources We're uot going to kill the goose that lays the en though I admit we've had her gasping pretty much for breath CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES CHRISTIAN Hall 17 S 11 m n Our bank has grown because the people of this community BELIEVE in our bank We do not solicit your bank count Just because ours is a NATIONAL BANK chartered by the United States Government but also because the good names of ble upright men of known financial responsibility are likewise behind our bank We welcome your bank account Placerville National Bank HOM I
