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TSEEIf l| BY THElt;L PAPERS*d' XXThe kind heart of Governor Frank F. Merriam, alone prevented Nellie Madison being hung. The “lied like a gentleman” episode enacted by the writer added a touch of sentiment to the pitiful case, but the sense of manliness in Governor Merriam, of course, after all, brought about the humane act necessary to remove unfortunate Nellie Madison from the shadow of the gallows. What Prison Director A. R. O'Brien was interested in was in seeing that California was prevented from commencing the headless practice of legally hanging a woman. Now that that is done Mr. O’Brien willingly bows himself out of the limelight.Someone has said “I love a blonde and I don’t give a damn how they get that way.” Transposing that phrase.—I never want to see a woman hung and I don’t gave a damn how the legal machinery works to get that way”—A minute after the clock struck 12 Saturday night there were suddenly 800 new ways to violate the law in California. For that ghostly hour marked the end of the 90-day respite after adjournment of the legislature before non - emergency measures go into effect. The instinctive reaction of the more sensitive, conscientious citizen to such a batch of new regulations would naturally be one of caution. Already surrounded by some hundred thousands of “do’s and don’ts, he might even decide to delay venturing out of doors until he had scrupulously studied every last actUK1AHNEWSPAPER OFmCINO COUNTYPRESSCirculation of The Republican Preae ,exceedfl that of any newspaper published In Mendocino County nnd is a pnfd circulation.UKIAH, MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1935Eight PagesA SHORELINE HIGHWAY IS MUCH NEEDEDPlans For Coast Road Are Forging Ahead SystematicallyRAISING THE FUNDSStart Of Surveying Is Awaiting Approval By Government(By Stuart B. Dunbar)Formal application papers soon will be on their way to Washington requesting cooperation of Works Progress Administration in the Shoreline Highway location survey project. Authority to sign these papers on behalf of the five sponsoring counties was granted at a meeting of the Shoreline Highway ! District Directorate in Santa Rosa last week. Supervisor R. A. Thompson of Marin county was appointed to act as sponsors’ agent” in signing the papers and Supervisor Willard C. Cole of Sonoma county was appointed “fiscal agent. Application papers are being prepared by the county engineers and F. M. Hoi-CARELESSNESS IN WOODS TO PROVE COSTLYInvestigations Being Made Regarding A Number Of FiresONE MAN CONFESSEDParties At Fault Will Be Compelled To Pay DamagesHorace Kennedy, special investigator for the state forestry service, is in the county making an investigation of man-set fires. He is accompanied by C. E. Metcalf, state forest ranger in charge of the fire suppression work in Mendocino county.Paid For Losses.Recently Peck Frost was cited to appear in the justice court and explain a fire that broke out on his ranch August 29 and burned over about 80 acres of brush and grass lands, including 15 tiers of cordwood on the W. E. Rucker ranch. On that date Mr. Frost was accompanied by two friends and it is presumed onecltf f.hrpu;Every reader who abhors war and all the gruesome things connected with it will approve of the editorial below, taken from The Willows Journal:Another 1914?America watches with dismay the trend of events in Europe and Africa, and ten million mothers here took tipon their young sons today and wonder what is to be their fate, as the war clouds rumble and Mussolini relentlessly pursues his mad dream to conquer a peaceful nation.The martial spirit that has prevailed since “cease firing” was sounded on that gray day' of November 11, 1918, has sowed its vicious crop with a full harvest. The world stands as a glittering array* of cannon and bayonets. There is sip peaceful spot in any part of the universe, unless it be in the South Seas or the. North Pole. And yet it seems that it was only yesterday that a war-torn globe began the painful task of healing its wounds.Where are the fervent promises of peace that were made when the World War was brought to a close? Where are the cultural steps that were taken to offset any hew outbreak? League and covenant have cracked; treaties have been made only to be destroyed, and the world goes on arming and arming and arming for the great battle of all time. .America, today, stands in the same position that it did in 1914. It has the last word to say. -as it did then. It will abstain, of course, from active combat, but will it uphold humanitarian principles by refusing to sell the provender upon which war feeds? We fear not. Where there is money*to be mad the munition makers witl coin it, and there will be paid propagandists to support their business views,And so we creep gradually t® the smoking pit. On every hand there is curiosity but no fear. . The sound of a bugle thrills us and the tread of marching feet draws us from our homes. That is the heart-breaking sign that we have forgotten what went on so few years before, Instead of a thrill there should be only hatred for any warlike gesture. National defense is not to be construed as national belligerancy. It is time that we cease to worship Mars. Did we not have enough of it in days gone by?“TRAINS” ARE RUNNING AND ALL GOES WELLMore Rapid Progress Is Being Made On Cables At GateBIG CREWS WORKINGWeather Has Favored —Apparatus Runs Very Smoothly(By Stuart B. Dunbar)With 200 men engagea in laying the catwalks and making other preparations for the spinning of the great 36 '.f-inch cables of the Golden Gate bridge to commence, more visible activity is under way on each side of the Golden Gate than since the erection of the towers was completed.Big Crew Working.As the result of the employment of 50 additional workers on the cable contract, the total employment roll on the bridge proper has jumped to 345. The previous high level of employment in the field was 385.To Beirin Cable Spinning.Nellie Madison Thanks DirectorThere has come to A. R. O’Brien a note from Mrs. Nellie Madison, the husband-slayer, who lately was saved from the gallows by Governor F. F. Merriam. Mrs. Madison’s case was once a subject for a “Sidelines of Sadness” story in The Republican Press which attracted nationwide attention and which proval of the stand A, R, proval of the Stand A, R. O’Brien, as prison director, took in the case from all parts of the United States. Mrs. Madison’s letter runs: Tehaehapi, Sept. 11, 1935. Mr. A, R. O’Brien,Ukiah, California.My dear Mr. O’Brien:It is with greatest appreciation that I write to you to thank you for the stand you have taken in the matter of my case. I know that it comes fvom the heart of a man and a gentleman and I am deeply touched at the consideration and thought prompting you to sueli an attitude.If the blessings of one who has walked through the Valley of Shadows, praying for ultimate sunlight of realized hope is of any value, may I offer it sincerely to you?Very respectfully yours,Nellie Madison.
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Ukiah Republican Press
Ukiah, California, US
Wed, Sep 25, 1935
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