Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-01
WHOLE NO. 1882.
AMADOR COUNTY.
Its Vast Resources and Possibil;tiesLAn
L. o. o. u. install ation a.,.I -

'as. resources and PossibilitiesAAn
w. w. - AnstaIation and BANQUET.
Eds RECORD UNION: Possibly less has
peen written OF the county of Amador and
less notice given it in our ;ourpsIs tho,
any other county in the State. When the
foothlil grape and fruit boom started little
was heard of Amador, and | believe II is
comparatively left out in the cold in the
present agitation, as to the adaptabilitv of
northern California for the production of
citrus fruits. Why this should he ca caY-
not well be understood, for within the
hmlts OF this county lies plenty of land
admirably adapted to the production of all
manner OF fruit to which so much atten-
uon IS now directed on this coast can
remember the time when the footbilI lands
III fIaeer county were considered next to
valueieSs' ana when It was not imagined
that the county of FL Dorado would he
valuable for anything but her mines n is
unnecessary to more than refer TO the as
tonishlng Development of the agricultural
resources of those sections in the
last decade. Amador county is not he
hind them i'll any particular, so far
as natural advantages are concerned
and II a little general public interest
could be created by her people, there is no
reason why large addition of a desirable
class OF population and the augmenting of
wealth should not fellow within very
few years. | am informed by gentlemen
here that much of the land of the county
is peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of
Bartlett pears, fruit which bears shin
ment well and commands ready market.
On Friday evening last lone Lodge. No.
o. 1: .. ., f., installed its officers and cell
eorated the thlriieih anniversary of It's in
sulutlon. The installation was public in
so far as the families of the members of the
Lodge and an invited few were concerned.
The hall was decorated with much taste.
ana every preliminary appointment had
been attended to which could in the least
contribute to the enjoyment of those nres-
ent. The officers who were installed were.
y. e., a. c. Fassett; v G., George Salz-
geber; L. s., W. II. Fox; T., b Isaacs p.
S, II. +. Hall; W., John Hartman: c.
John Jose o. g., J. I. Martin l. c.. Joseph
Chltwood; l.. s. s., JOS. King; R. s., B. F.
Borden r. S. N'G., A. L. Adams: L. s
y. G., d. Denny; Il. S. V. G., George
Walker; L. S. V. g., A. 3. Mcdonald. The
installation was conducted by District Dep
uty, Thomas Gardner and w. II. Fox
acted as Grand Marshal. After the install
lation there were literary and musical ex-
ercises. J. D. Perkins, Miss Nellie Ketch-
um, Miss Cora Love, Miss Mary Burns and
L. ). Love sang several selections solos
were rendered by Miss Nellie Ketchum. W.
II. Turner and Miss Lizzie Scott; Freddie
Stewart delivered two rcciiations, and Jas.
McCaDley, in an address, gave an exceed
ingly interesting history of the Lodge.
Mrs. {. w. Swain was the orgaEist during
the evening. The Lodge was organized in
1856, by John T. Poe, T. J. Armstrong
John Browning Daniel Stewart, Thomas
Hickey and George Haverstick. OF these,
two are dead, two are not now connected
with the Lodge, while Stewart and Brown
ing are still active members, and were
present at the installation. The Lodge has
now membership of 100, owns property
OF the value of $4,000, including a hall
building and is in every way prosperous.
One OF its members-W. II. Fox-has been
present at every installation since 1859. and
several of the members have missed but
few meetings since pioneer days. Remarks
were also made by w. H. Turner, A. P.
Clough, d. Stewart, w. III. Fox, James
Bagley and John Browning, of lone Lodge,
and by k. t. Devlin, and a member of
Capitol Lodge of Sacramento, who were
among the invited guests.
Mr.: Clough, who from appearance would
readily pass for gentleman of 60, stated
that he was S0years of age, and that he had
been an Odd Fell for fifty wears. In
1S49 he left the East and came across the
plains to California, leaving his family at
home. Shortly after he left his wife re-
ceived communication from his Lodge.
stating that he had been murdered, and
had been appropriately inferred, and ask
ing her to call on the Lodge for such bene-
fits as she became entitled to through the
death Of her husband. She soon after re-
celved letter from Clough, never called
for the benefit, and the Lodge members
did not find out that they had been mis-
taken until 1855, when Clough astonished
them by turning up at one of their meet
ings and presenting his card
After the exercises those present were in
vited to splendid collation. at the Com
mercial Hotel, and afterwards everybody
danced until the early hours. WI.
lone City, January 80, 1866.