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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
SUBWAY, 55TH ST. BoUL4 UNDER P. F. W. s. c. RAILWAY.

the grade crossing would have to go.
1t also taught the railroad companies
that all they could do would be to fight
for time; they must all get in the band
wagon in the end. So when the Worlds
Fair Mayor was elected it was believed
that considerable progress would be
made. One thing had initiated against
progress, and that was that the city
was trying to do too much at once.
The city had been trying to battle the
combined roads as combination. Or
dinances were being prepared which
were blankets covering the entire sys-
tenn in the city. These necessarily fail
ed from too great complication.
In 1898 change in plan was inaug-
urated. 1t was decided to go at the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

to suspend business while this work
was going on. The Mayor thought diff
ferently, but in conclusion said let
them suspend then, for the lives and
limbs of the people were valuable be-
yond any mere financial computation.
experts that the elevation could be ac-
complished without substantial inter-
ruption to traffic, a contention which
has been demonstrated daily ever since
the. first carload of material was dump.
ed in right of way.
The roads did not deny that If the
thing could be done it would be valu-
able thing for both sides, but the roads
also decliaef to consider the PROPOSE
tion in any gNise. They had laid their
tracks under charters and ordinances,
had complied with the laws, and no
body or corporation could disturb their
possession. They sometimes carried
this contention to such an extent as tC
battle among themselvesJto prevent
some rival line from crossing their
rights of way. Work was done on
Sunday and holidays to evade, If possi-
bic, the interference of police or sher-
itf. But these attempts were always
met by like determination, result
ing finally in defeat or compromise.
Wneu the roads learned that the
courts had held that the power lay in
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

fort. AS result many queer and pa
thetic wills have been found upon the
bodies of dead soldiers, and in every
case the wishes of the testator have
been respected. During the Soudan
campaign of 1884 the body of one SOL
der was found on the battlefield Of
Ell Teb, who, before death had scrawl-
ed with the end Of lead bullet on the
inside Of his helmet, the words "All to
my wife" When an English army in
vaded Afghanistan one soldier was
caught while doing scout duty and shot
down when none of his comrades were
in sight. Weeks afterward his body
was found lying before tall rock on
which he had written in letters Of
blood, II want all to go to mother" In
both cases the war department held the
wills to be valid, and saw that thetprop-
er distribution Of the property was
made. -o~
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

undertaking, But in the end they had
this to do just the same. First 1t was
held by the lines that they could not
I've compelled to elevate their tracks or
In any other manner alter the grades,
This point was argued laboriously af-
ter months and even years of sklllful
research in the law books; 1t took the
highest court in the State but few
minutes to destroy the Illusion
Ten years ago the question of elevat-
ing the tracks was political issue in
this city. Parties battlcd over the
question. one side being inclined to the
belief that the city lacked the power
to force the roads TO act and the other
certain the power existed. But by the
beginning of 1890 II was no longer II
dividing question. No candidate for
Mayor could hope TO win unless out.
spoken In favor of sending up all the
tracks and making the roads pay the
bills, To-day no administration looks
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

roads in detail, taking one or two at n
time, drawing up ordinances on engi-
neering schemes agreed upon between
the city engineer and the experts of
the roads. All other roads would be left
alone for the time being, the city deter
mining to fight the enemy in detail In
stead of In bulk. The result was at once
apparent, for the roads We're tangled
up, and each had its own particular
fight on its hands. The Northwestern
was the second to get to work, for In
1898 plans were submitted for the ele-
vation of the Galena division. which,
with some unimportant notifications.
were decided upon as good working
plans.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

elevated it's tracks as far south as 63d
street. Like all others, this road fought
the whole thing bitterly, but, seeing no
escape, the road accepted the ordin-
ances passed to provide for the work
on it's lines. These ordinances are real
ly plans carefully prepared to obviate
engineering difficulties and enable the
line to elevate or depress the tracks at
the smallest estimated cost. The city
pays nothing, but has enforced its de-
mands until few roads wish to make
the fight any longer.
This beginning inspired the people
and authorities with reason to feel that
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had passed. There is nc. elimination Of
this speed to-day. 1t is rather increas-
ed, for the trains can run at sixty miles
an hour without running the slightest
risk of killing a citizen at any grade
crossing.
With the Worlds Fair coming on,
one road saw the advantage of elevated
tracks to hurry visitors down to the
grounds. By the time the ceremonies
Of dedication in October, 1892, were all
arranged for the Illinois Central had
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

WILL IN A HELMET, which he is at lib
erty to fill out at his leisure. In ma
jority Of cases, however, he pays no
attention to this pocketbook and goes
into battle with his will still unmade.
After he has been hit by bullet and
begins to realize that his chances Of
getting home are small, the soldier be-
gins to think more carefully Of the
loved ones left behind him and of the
provisions he has made for their COM
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

90 HIS is the story Of how Chicago
dealt with grade crossings, main
ly condensed from the Chronicle:
Fifteen years ago Chicago was inter-
sected in every direction and at all pos
sible angles with railroad tracks. Ev-
cry track was laid at the grade of the
streets or alleys it crossed. Accidents
generally fatalities, for grade cross
ing accidents rarely stop short of the
death of the victim-were of daily, al
most hourly, occurrence. Chicago be-
gan to murmur and rebel against the
grade crossing-it was determined to
abolish them once for all.
The railroad companies were willing
to elvate or depress the numerous
tracks, but were not willing to under
go the hardship and expense of the i'm
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
The SUMS Ago.

Lord Kelvin puts the age OF the sun
at 100,000,000 years. At its present
rate of combustion the sun will NnE-
from seven to fifteen millions of years
before burning itself out
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
Shirts of Rarlr

The Indians of the interior of Bolivia
wear shirts and hats made of the bark
Of tree, which is soaked in water to
soften the fiber and then beaten to
make it pliable.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

hind him? The list
of casualties re-
por t e d regularly
from South Africa
and the Philippines
lend pertinence to
the inquiry. Every
English soldier has
served out to him
when he enlists a
little volume which
contains, a m o II g
other things, three
blank forms of will
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
SOLDIERS WILLS
How the English Private Disposes OF
His Belongings.

How does the soldier killed in battle
or fatally wounded, dispose of his prop
erty, providing he has any to leave be-
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
The Scheming Twain.

Two impecunious Scotsmen came
upon saloon. They had only a ''sax-
pense" between them, SO they ordered
one ''nip o'whusky." They were hesi-
tating who should have the first drink,
when an acquaintance joined them.
Pretending that they had just drank,
one of them handed the newcomer the
whisky, requesting him to join them
in drink. He drank, and, after a few
minutes of painful and silent suspense,
said: ''Now, boys, you'll have one
with me?" ''Wasna that weel man.
aged, mon?" said one to his pal after.
ward. SAY, it was," said the other,
solemnly; ''but it was a dreadful
risk"
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION.
Today's Desolation Was Once Garden Shown
By Evidences of Ancient Irrigation.


One OF the most marvellous engineer
ing accomplishments of ancient or mod
ern times is shown in discoveries
that were made last year in the lava
beds of New Mexico. Thousands of
years ago, the geologists tell us, sys-
tenn of irrigation reservoirs and bitches
was operated in the Southwest which
is not paralleled by anything of this
nature in the United States today.
The builders of these works, a people
older than the Pueblo race, cultivated
thousands of acres of now arid terri
tory. Reservoirs were constructed at
the bases of mountains to catch the
food-waters before they were absorbed
into the loose and bottomless sand, and
the bitches where they ran through
sand, were cemented. to prevent the
waters escape.
Lava has flowed into some of these
bitches. once filed with sparkling
water i'll centuries gone by. What
can have been the history of this pre-
historic race or what can have caused
their disappearance, can only be con-
jectured.
Unlike the ancients of other lands.
these people have not left complete
record OF their glory and their down.
fall, and whether it was the result of
climatic conditions of great upheavals
or whether they were supplanted by
more warlike and stronger races, is a
mystery. That they were highly de-
veloped, however, in agriculture.
which Is the mother of civilization. is
shown by the evidences which thew
have left. Their canals wind in and
around for miles, showing superior
engineering knowledge in securing an
exact and uniform fall; remarkable
viaducts were used in crossing CANYONS.
while network of distributing bitches
| brought every available acre into Use
for tillage. Vast fields of waving grain
and laden orchards must have stretched
away down the fertile valleys. under
the magic touch of water for arid
America where it has been reclaimed
through irrigation of today yields ex.
travagantly and with such develop.
ment of peaceful art must have been
likewise an advanced state of civiiza.
ton. Here was no irrigation by ndi-
vidual owners or diverters of water,
but a great system covering large
area, carefully thought out and oper
ated by central head for the greatest
good of the many and the utilization of
the greatest possible acreage.
And it seems strange in the present
era of great progress and vast under.
takings that this section of country,
once the most highly cultivated of the
continent, should now be an arid and
cherries waste with torrid sky and
parched earth, even while the same
rainfall of ages past still continues year
by year, and the water supply is still
there, only awaiting its utilization by
man.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
LEGAL NOTICES.
Administrators Sale of R
Estate.

NJ OTlCE Is HEREBY GIVEN. THAN
~ pursuance of an order of the Supe.
Court In and for the County of Amador, Sta]
Callforn1a. made on the 21st day of Octd
lo9y, IN the matter of the estate of G. Nd
Mathis, deceased, the undersigned, the adj
lstrator OF said estate. will sell at public
tlon, TO the highest bidder. for cash, gold
OF the United States, and subject to contiI|
tlon by said Superior Court, on SATURDAY.,
E4th day OF February, 1900, at 10 o,cl
a. m., IN front of the Courthouse door at Ji
son. in the County of Amador, State of d
fornia, all the right, title, interest and es
OF the said G. Nj. l.. Mathis at the time oil
death, and all the right, title and interest 4
the SAID estate has, by operation of law or
erwlSe, acquired other than or in additioi
that OF the said G.. Nj. l.. Mathis at the tiui
his death. in and to all those certain n
pieces or parcels of land situate living
being in the said County of Amador, Statd
Callforn1a, and bounded and described as|
lows, to wit: The east half of the east hall
section nineteen Q9), the southwest quartd
the northwest quarter of section twenty
the east half of the northeast quarter, and
northeast quarter of the southeast quartd
section thirty (3Ol, all in township seven I'll
X IO Il, Nj. ID. B. and NJ, containing three b
dred and twenty 800 acres of land
ierms and Conditions of ale:-Cash. q
com OF the United States, 10 per cent OF 1
purchase money to be paid the auctioneer
the DAY OF sale, balance on confirmation of
oy sald superior Court. Deed at expense
purchaser. JOHN q MATHIS
administrator of the Estate of G. NIL. Mai
Deceased.
~ Dated January 10, 1900. l-19-2-
william j. MCGEE, attorney for administers
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES.

Ledger and Daily Call, one year. r..........S7 so
Ledger and Weekly Call, one year 8 60
Ledger and Daily Bulletin, one year .... 6 so
Ledger and Semi Weekly Bulletin, yer 20
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year. 8 80
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year. 77O
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year 60
Ledger and Weekly Examiner, one year. 60
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year 8 80
Ledger and N Y Weekly Tribune, yer 90
Ledger and N Y Tri-Weekly Tribune, ly so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, yr 35
Ledger and s. F. Weekly Post, one year. 8 90
Ledger and McCalls Magazine, one year 2 rs
Ledger and St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1y 3 90
Ledger and Twice u Week." one year 90
re The above rates are strictly in advance
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
War Preparations of the Beers.

The Kansas City Journal says: Paul
Benninghoven of St. Louis, who en-
joys the double distinction of being the
tallest man in Missouri and a nephew
of Dom Paul Kruger, was in Jefferson
City the other day. He told reporter
there that recent letter from a
friend of his in South Africa indicated
that the Beers had been preparing
for the present war ever since 1894.
a big dynamite factory in Pretoria
having been engaged five years in
turning out ammunition with view
to readiness for anticipated trouble with
England"
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
Tit For Tat.

A farmer drifted into hardware
store at Marshall and was asked by the
manager: ''DOn't you want to buy a
bicycle to ride around your farm on?
They're cheap now. Can give you one
for s35.
'I'd sooner put the s35 into COW, "
said the farmer.
''But think, said the manager,
''how foolish you would look riding
around town on a cow"
''Oh, 1 don't know" said the farmer:
''nO more foolish, perhaps, than
would milking bicycle. " = Kansas
City Journal,
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

1t is well said, why should the arid
West not have its share of the great
sums of money which are being ex-
pended by the national government for
Internal improvements. What good
reason can be advanced why the west
ern states and territories should con-
tlnue to contribute to building such
improvements for the East and the
South unless the West is given fair
proportion of expenditures for such
purposes? Eastern states, whether
seaboard or interior. get their proper
tion OF river and harborappropriations,
but the arid states of the West get
nothing, even while they contribute
their share to these expenses.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

Crops evaporate 800 times their own
weight of growth annually. To allow
the growth of weeds in an irrigated
field means an immense loss of the
precious fluid so necessary to plant
life. While the man causing the waste
gets all the water he needs, still he de-
prives the irrigation works of portion
of its capacity, thereby cutting off
some one or causing an increase in ex-
pense, and perhaps resulting loss to
himself in the end.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
Assessment Notice.

jackson Gold Mining and Milling CompanJ
Location of principal place of busind
jackson. California.-Location of Won
jackson Mining District, Amador Coun|
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN meeting of the Board of Directors. b
on the 5th day of December, 1899 an assessm
mo. 81 of ne-thirtieth of one cent per sh
was levied upon the capital stock of the
porat1on payable Immediately in United Sta
gold co1n to the secretary, at the office of
company, LEDGER office, jackson, California
Any stock upon which the assessment sh
remain unpaid on the 9th day of January, /!
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale
public auction and unless payment is made
fore, Will be sold on Saturday, the 27th dal
january, 1900, at p. m. to pay the delinqu
assessment, together with costs of advertis
and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors
WILL A. NEWCUM, Secretary
ONCE: We'll & Renno Building, Jackson {
December ), 1899. I2-S-l2-s
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
IRRIGATION PARAGRAPHS.

The stampede to enter the Oklahoma
public lands, upon their opening to set
tlement, is matter of recent history.
The government has between 70, OOO, 600
and 10O,0OO,OO0 acres of arid public
lands which can be reclaimed through
irrigation and made more productive
than the lands of Oklahoma; and the
government could sell its lands to set
tiers just as fast as it reclaimed it.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

Such important works as storage
reservoirs should be built as interna-
tional improvements and permanently
maintained by the State or Federal
government. This would give abso-
Lutte assurance of safety to communities
farming the lands below them. With
out such guarantee of stability, the
settler in reservoir systems cannot be
overcome, for the irrigator is always at
the mercy of the reservoir.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

j. 1. Bevry, Loganton, Pa writes, Il am will
ing to take my oath that was cured of pneu-
monia entirely by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure after doctors failed. 1t also cured my
children of whooping cough Quickly relieves
and cures coughs colds, cronp, grip and throat
and lung troubles Children all like it, Moth
ers endorse it, City Pharmacy
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

Il am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
for my health and life. 1t cured me of lung
trouble following grip" Thousands owe their
iiues to the prompt action of this never failing
remedy 1t cures coughs, colds, Group, bron-
chitis, pneumonia, grip and throat and lung
troubles. Its early use prevents consumption.
1t is the only harmless remedy that gives i'm
mediate results. City Pharmacy
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
Notice of Forfeiture.
To John B. Skinner:

To John b. Skinner:
VOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAI
l. have expended at least 500 two hundrt
IN labor and improvements on the followil
described placer claim: VIZ of E1s and EIk
VIZ OF NEl4 of section o. township Z nor
range II east, Mt. Diablo Base and Meridi;
Volcano Mining District, Amador Coun
cate filed at the office of the Recorder of An
dor County, Jackson, on December %, 1895, a
January 10, 1900 in order to hold said premis
under the provisions of section 1921, Revis
Statutes OF U, S, being the amount required
hold same for the year ending December
1899, and if within ninety days after the pull
cation of this notice you fail or refuse to c,
tribute your proportion of said expenditure
co-owner, your interest in said claim will
come the property of the subscriber under So
section 1924 NJ CHRISTENSEN
Volcano, January 20, 1900. 1862
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

consequence OF self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: SaIlow connie
nance, dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
mead ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
dlfldence IN approaching strangers, palpitation
OF tne neart weakness of the limbs and back,
loss OF memory, pimples on the face, coughs,
DIX GlBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 81 years, and those troubled should not
ialI 10 consult him and receive the benefit of
MS great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail Try him. Cures guar
anteed Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write
DR. j. F. GIBBoN, 625 Kearney street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
You Try 1t.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure,
which is sold for the small price of 25c, soc and
81, does not cure, take the bottle back and we
will refund your money. Sold for over fifty
years on this guarantee. Price 25c and SOC.
For sale by A. Goldner, the Druggist.
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02

At meeting of the Board of Directors of
jackson Gold Mining and Milling Compa
held on Saturday, January 9th, 1900, the d;
of delinquency of Assessment No. was DC
ponet to Saturday, February 3, 1900 and
day of sale to Saturday, February "a 1900.
WILL. A. NEWCUM, Secretary
Dated jackson, January 6, 1900. LIP. Is
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
JACKSON
Meat Market
Main Street

GEORGE L. THOMAS, Proprietor
Successor to S. w Bright
THE BEST QUALITY OF BEEF. NUT
Il ton, Pork, Corned Beef, Lard Sausage
etc., etc, will always be found at this old-es-
tablished stand, at the lowest ruling prices
Having been in the butchering business in
jackson for MANY years, and being familiar
with every branch thereof and with nearly all
the patrons of both shops, I am in position to
know the wants of all to the best advantage and
respectfully ask a fair share of patronage,
GEORGE I, THOMAS Prop,
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON
This old reliable an(

This old reliable and
themost successful Spe-
cialist in San Francis
co Stillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases,Such as Ghon-
orrhea, ,Gleet, Structure,
Syphilis in allits forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility. Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
Amador ledger., 1900-02-02
Notice of Annual Meeting-EIe,
tion of Officers.

Peerless Gold Mine Development Compar|
Jackson, Amador County California:
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TH
i stockholders of the above-named compai
will be held at the office, Browns buildin
Court street jackson, Amador county, CAL
Monday, the 5th day of February. A. D. 19d
at O'Clock p. m, for the election of five d
rectors for the ensuing year.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
Dated at jackson, Cal, this 18th day of JAM
ary d. 1900.
1-l9-22 GEORGE W. BROWN, Secretary
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-28
The Courage OF Hawks.

One female bird in her first season
took 80 rabbits, hares and . magpies,
and in the next year 21O rabbits, 2 lev
erets, II cartridges, 4 magpies and
squirrels. A goshawk will go ON catch.
ing rabbit after rabbit, or take five or
six birds in succession, for they do not
tire like falcons, Nothing comes amiss
to them. Uares, landrails, pheasants,
rabbits, waterfowls, ducks, rats, stoats,
weasels, mice, even a hedgehog Is not
dcspised.
Their hcadlong courage is simply as
tonlshing. They will charge into q
quickest hedge till they have to be cut
out, or dive among rocks and bowl
dcrs. Captain Bland Of Draycott, near
Stoke-on-Trent had a goshawk which
stuck to hare till it twice rolled head
over heels. Then the hawk flew after
1t again and was shaken off, while the
hare escaped into n flock of sheep. The
same bird, pursuing rabbit, flew right
down a large hole in the side of a
quarry and dragged the rabbit out of
1t. The smash" with which a big hen
goshawk goes into an evergreen tree
after pigeon sounds as IL n football
had been violently kicked into the
branches. -London Spectator.