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Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
THE COUNTING OUT PROCESS.

Iu Tuolumne county at the late
election the hottest fight gathered,
as in Amador county, around the
contest for sheriff. The outcome at
the polls was that Adams, the re-
publican nominee, q icated Sweeney,
the democratic incumbent and candi-
date for reelection, by slim margin
of two votes. On this slender show
ing the political schemers resolved
themselves into a committee of ways
and means to defeat the choice of
the people as expressed at the bal
lot-box At the canvass of the re-
turns by the democratic board of
supervisors, it was found that the
election officers of one small pre-
cinct, Springfield, had failed to send
in a tally list with the returns, and
objection was made in behalf of
Sweeney TO the counting of the vote
of the precinct on this ground. The
officers of election were summoned,
and the missing tally sheet was re-
covered. Still the cry to throw out
the vote would not down. The tally
list did not accompany the sealed
package containing the returns. The
district attorney gave his opinion in
favor of counting the vote, but in
face of all this the democratic
majority voted to reject the returns
in toto, and thereby declared Sween-
ey elected by majority of one vote.
That is nice sample of justice, to
gain partisan end. 1t is the most
barefaced fraud perpetrated by an
official body that has come under
our notice for a long time. 1t is
safe to say that it will fail of its pur-
pose. OF course, Adams will contest
the matter in the courts. How in
dignant the sovereign voters of
Springfield must feel at the thought
that they can be disfranchised be-
cause of the simple error of an cleo
tion officer in neglecting to inclose
a tally sheet with the returns. If
this action is to be sustained, people
will begin to think that the right of
suffrage in free America rests on an
extremely insecure basis. We ven
ture to say that the democracy of
Tuolumne county will be the princi-
pal sufferer by this insane move.
Citizens, as a rule, regardless of
partisanship, love fairness and right
dealing above all things, and they
will not tolerate a reversal of the
choice of the voters on such barren
technicality as the absence of por-
tion of the election returns in the
sealed package. Such high-handed
proceedings will come to nought.
Later reports show that this
scheme was speedily frustrated.
The superior court on mandamus
proceedings ordered the supervisors
to count the vote of the precinct,
thereby giving the election to the
republican candidate, and placing
Sweeney in the position of con-
testant.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Astounding Discovery.

From Coopersville, Mich, comes
word of "a wonderful discovery of a
pleasant tasting liquid that when used
before retiring by any one troubled
with u bad cough alwaysensuresa good
nights rest. ut will soon cure the
cough too, writes Mrs. S. Homel-
burger, 'for three generations of our
family have used DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption and never
found its equal for Coughs and Colds" :"
It's an unriva'nd life-saver when used
Tor despela.c ."1E diseases. Guaran-
teed bottles soc and $1.0O at D. B.
Spagnoli's. Trial bottles free.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
LABOR AND WEALTH.

LII these times of labor prosperity,
and, as a result, of labor agitation
and unrest,a a number of stereotyped
phrases are being handed around,
intended to intensity the feeling of
dissatisfaction with existing condi-
tions. We are told that the work
ingmen are the creators of all the
wealth of Amador county, and the
inference is that having created it,
they should also be the possessors,
if not of the whole, at least of
the major share, thereof. AS an
abstract proposition, the statement
is far from the truth Man is. not
the creator of anything. He can
initiate, make and fashion out of pre-
existing materials an almost infinite
variety of articles, but he cannot
create. The wealth that has been
developed around us lay dormant in
nature long before, by the handicraft
of man, it was brought to its present
condition to minister to the comfort
of human kind. But the main
trouble is that the word labor when
applied by these agitators in con-
nection with wealth is used in the
restricted sense, as meaning mere
manual labor. There is no denying
that labor is king in this world of
industry and activity. But there
are various kinds of labor. In fact,
all men are laborers. 1t is an en-
tirely mistaken idea that the men
who do the commonest kiud of work
are the only toilers that deserve con-
sideration. Those who work with
the brain are entitled to as much, if
not more, honor in the advance
ment of wealth and progress, than
those whose energies are confined to
the exercise of muscle and strength
alone. 1t is in the line of mental
activity-the invention of labor
saving machinery and the harness.
ing of the forces of nature to the
cause of human advancement-tha
the march of progress is mainly due.
All labor is equally honorable.
There is nothing dishonorable in any
kind of labor directed in legitimate
channels. The worker that delves
in the mine is Just as much honor
ably employed as the man that de-
signs locomotive. But when it
comes to the recompense of labor
that is another question. The price
of labor, like the price of every other
commodity, is governed by the law
of supply and demand. That kind
of labor which is scarcest is the
highest priced; the grade of labor
that is commonest or the most
plentiful is always the lowest priced.
Genius-and by that term we mean
an abnormal expertness in any de-
partment of human activity-always
commands, and as matter of right
should command, higher compen-
sation than mediocrity. This law
bearing as it does the royal sign
manual of natures approval-has
always held supre macy in human af-
fairs. 1t is in accordance with that
fundamental law of self-protection
which leads every man to secure the
highest possible price for his capital
labor. Let agitators try as they
may by organization and the force
of numbers to break down this rule,
they can never succeed. Under
exceptional conditions the law may
be disturbed temporarily, but in the
end nature will assert its supremacy
by return to normal conditions.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
NOTICE
TO
BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
y the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the
county Of Amador, State Of California, at the
ONCE of said Clerk, until one o'clock D. m. OF
December l, 1902, for material and the construc-
tlon complete of Steel Bridge and approaches
thereto across jackson creek, near the town Of
Buena Vista, Cal, in accordance with the
plans and specifications on file in the once Of
said Clerk.
All proposals must be sealed, and the outside
OF the envelope indorsed Proposals for Con-
struction of the jackson Creek Bridge" and
also the name of the. person or corporation
making the proposal and each bid must be ac-
companled with certified check drawn on
some known responsible bank in the sum OF at
least ten per cent of the amount bid, payable
to the order of the Clerk of the Board of Super
visors of Amador county, Cal Said check will
the bidder to whom the contract is awarded
when he shall nave entered into contract with
said Board and given bond with approved Sc
cur1ty, conditioned as required in said con-
tract and in the penal sum required by the
Board In case the successful bidder shall
fall to enter into contract as required by the
Board, or to furnish bond with approved secur-
fefted to the county OF Amador.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Proposals received will be acted upon by the
Board of Supervisors on the 1st day Of Decem-
ber,' 1902.
Dated jackson, Cal, November 3, 1902
c. L. CULBERT, Clerk.
By j. r. Huberty, Deputy. now
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Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Cured of Piles After 40 Years.

Mr.. c. Haney, of Geneva, Ohio, had
the piles for forty years. Doctors and
dollars could do him no lasting good.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured him
permanently. Invaluable for cuts,
burns, bruises, sprains, decorations,
eczema, tetter, salt rheum, and all
other skin diseases. Look for the name
DeWitton the package-all others are
cheap, worthless counterfeits. Kerr S
Pharmacy, Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
FREs-TRADE A POOR REMEDY

The president is sincere in his cru
sade against the trusts-there can
be no doubt of that. But the presi-
dent is statesman enough to know
that the tariff neither gave birth to
these enormous aggregations nor
largely fostered them after they
came into existence. The shallow
theory of those who would assail the
trusts by removing the protective
tariff from the goods which they
handle is that foreign goods would
then come into the country and drive
down the prices. 1t is true enough
that foreign goods would come into
the country if the tariffs were re-
moved. Foreign goods are already
coming into the country in spite of
high tariffs. But foreign goods are
trust-made as well as our own, and
if they once command our markets,
driving our own factories out of ex-
istence, the prices will rise higher
than they ever were before. This is
not guesswork, but the lesson of ex-
perience. While we are shouting
against the expressions of American
trusts, let US not forget that when
the manufacturers of Great Britain
commanded the American markets
the prices were much higher than
they are now.
If the antitrust crusaders wish to
punish the trusts they might be able
to do something in that line by re-
moving the protective tariffs. But
in Furnishing the trusts what will
happen generally to our country?
In the first place, the tariff protected
trusts do not monopolize single in
dustry in the United States. We
hear much of the steel and iron
trust, and it is the biggest one on
the American continent. But the
fact remains that about one-half of
the total output of manufactured
iron and steel is the product of small
and independent factories. OF the
total production of iron ore in 1901
the steel trust produced only 43 per
cent. OF the Bessemer the trusts
share was SO per cent. OF the steel
rails the trusts share was SO per
cent. Of all rolled products the
trusts share was so per cent. For
the year 1902 the production of the
independent concerns will show a
larger per cent. 1t is proof that
the small concerns are growing and
that the trust cannot monopolize the
situation. But whatever of situa-
tion there could be remaining after
our markets had been opened to
foreign goods would most certainly
be commanded by the trust, for it
can live longer in the face of such a
competition.
In Furnishing the trusts we would
destroy the smaller Industries. Fur
thermore, we would take from
American workmen an amount equal
to the labor performed in. the pro-
duction of all imported goods. One
does not need to delve in history and
study the laws of political economy
in order to form a conception of
what this would mean to our coun-
try. We need only bark back to
the gloomy days of 1898 4-5-6, when
5000, 600 willing American laborers
were out of employment. Far better
would it be for the United States to
put up with the evils which we have
with US than to return to those
greater ones of seven years ago
Kansas City journal.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
A Thanksgiving Dinner.

Heavy eating is usually the first
cause of indigestion. Repeated attacks
infiame the mucous membranes lining
the stomach, exposes the nerves of the
stomach, producing swelling after
eating, heartburn, headache, sour ris-
ings and finally catarrh of the stomach.
Kodol relieves the Inflammation, pro-
tects the nerves aud cures the catarrh.
Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia, all
stomach troubles by cleansing and
sweetening the glands of the stomach.
Kerr's Pharmacy, Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Uncalled-for Letters.

Letters remaining unclaimed in the
jackson, Cal, postoffice, for the week
ending Nov. 81, 1902:
Marko Porobich Charlie Allen
Luigi Bevilacqua Acim Krisich
Pietro Tosonotto Alberto Falconbello
Watchman Gold Hill Mine
G. G. FoLGER. Postmaster.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE OF JOHN H. McFADDEN, DECEASED.

ESTATE OF JOHN II. McFADDEN, DECEASED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
In undersigned, administrator Of the estate
OF John H. McFadden, deceased, to the credit
orS of and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four months after
the first publication of this notice to the said
administrator, at ID. B. Spagnoli's law ONCE,
in the town of jackson, Amador county
California, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate, in
said county of Amador.
Dated October 20th, 1902,
JOHN NJ. MCFADDEN,
Administrator of the estate of
oc244t John II. McFadden deceased
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

C. H. McKenney, the lone tailor,
makes monthly trips to Jackson, and
brings with him 500 of the latest and
most up-to-date samples in season. 1t
will pay you to examine his samples
before placing your order. He has the
best lot of spring and summer suitings
in Amador county. jly18-tf
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
DEEDS.

DEEDS.
Mrs, Ann Leonard to Grace r. Leonard and
uthers-Lot z, block ,, Amador City; love and
affection.
Bonham to Nj. Z Fassett-E1s of Sell
of SEA, sec H. township 6, range 10; $500.
Richard Webb to W. d. L8sswell-% interest
in part of lot ~, subdivision of lot >, block ,,
jackson; 81.
W T. and p H. Robinson to Black Cat Oil
COmpany-Occident Keystone mining claim
also Black Metal Ledge, jackson district 81.
John and Eliza Brignole to Brignole Estate
Co.-Two-Sixteenths of real and personal prop
erty in Sutter Creek $40
= Holland and Mary j. Smith to Osceola Con.
Mining Co.-SEIl of NE1l and Els of SEA sec
II. and NW14 of SWl4, sec 49, township s. range
10; $40.
NJ F. Connors to ]. C. Riley and C. P. Vicini
Lot g. block 4, Sutter Creek; Sl35.
SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE,
Culbert to Isaminger
Knapp to Williams.
Robinson to Bradigan.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
j. w. SURFACE as notary public G. NJ. Hub
erty as coroner and public admirHs TRAITOR; j.
Marchant as assessor; G. p. Vicini as district
attorney \. Laveroue as constable; II. Gold
ner as jJstirc 80 the peace.
PnooF OF LABOR
L. L. Cuneo on Wild West quartz claim,
Volcano district; and PineVetta quartz mine,
Volcano district,
CERTIFICATE OF REDEMPTION.
g William Gregory, house and lot in Plymouth,
lot g. block H. g. 33; on delinquent taxes of 1900
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

And in accordance with law and an order of
the Board OF Directors, made on the 24th day of
September, 1902, so many shares of each parcel
of such Stock as may be necessary will be sold
at public Auction at the office Of the Company,
$50 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal, on
Tuesday, the 18th day OF November 1902, at the
hour OF IL O'Clock M, Of said day, to pay Delin-
quent Assessments thereon, together with cost
of advertising and expenses of the sale.
HENRY II. PAULSEN, Secretary.
ONCE $50 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal,
pov7
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Saturday, November IS
Delinquent Notice.
ALMA GOLD MINING COMPANY.

Location of principal place of business, San
Francisco Cal. Location Of Works, jackson,
Amador Co., Cal.
NOTICE.-THERE ARE DELINQUENT
IN upon the following described stock on ac-
count of Assessment No. levied on the 9th
opposite the names of the respective Share
holders, as follows:
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
M. E. Church Services

Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and 7:3O
p. m. Sunday school, 2 p. m; Senior Epworth
League AS p. m; Midweek Prayer meetings,
Thursday, 7:3O p IN.
Rev. G. b. Van Vliet, pastor
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
DOCUMENTS RECORDED.

THE following instruments have been filed
for record in the recorders office since our last
report. We publish a complete list of docu-
mcnts recorded, and must decline to aecede to
any request to suppress any document from
these columns. Don't ask us to do so
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

A new milliner and dressmaker just
arrived with all the late fashions. Call
and see the new establishment at the
White House, Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

T ADIES!-We want good representative in
- each locality and offer any woman who will
work position which will easily pay SIS per
week. This is no deception and if you can
spare only two hours per day. Address MISS
MABEL E. RUSH, Secretary, BoxiB Joliet, Ill
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

Two papers for the price of one
Ledger and Sacramento Weekly Rec
ordU Union for 81. 50 per year.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
DIED.

DIED.
VAUGHN-In the county hospital, November
1S, 1902, Elmer Vaughn, a native of California,
aged 81 years.
RICHARD-In Sutter Creek, November Il, 1902,
James Richard, native of England, aged ~
years
LEONARDO Amador City, November Is
1902 Mrs. Ann Leonard, a native of Ireland,
aged 65 years.
Drytown. November II, 1902,
Isaac Stevens, aged 65 years, a native of New
York
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
MARRIED.

SEVEY-MELL-In Placerville, November Is,
1902, by Rev, c. C. Pierce, Peter A Sevey of
Plymouth to Miss Christina S. Nell of Plac-
erville.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
@MAvr

This signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Q Tablets
he remedy that cures o cold I'm one day
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

FOR RENT.-Olympus Cafe basement in the
Webb building, SOx30 feet, suitable for bill
lard saloon, meeting place, storage room, res
taurant, etc. Apply at this ONCE.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

STABE in Jackson, on Summit street. to let.
~ Apply Ledger ONCE. --.Ja' 3 -s'c,ffTss
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head, not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, or
cents per line for less than one month
Amador ledger., 1902-11-21

BUILDING LOTS FRONTING ON STUMP
- and Center streets; lots 80 l3O feet; for
sale cheap. Apply Ledger ONCE
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-09
Wbere the Climate IS Dure
Hnd the Hlr is Balmy.%

Exceedingly Small Rainfall.-At Tue
son the rainfall for the whole year is only
about eleven inches. Some years it is
not even as much as that. During the
nine months, October to June inclusive,
1894-5 there were but twenty-five cloudy
days and nine of those were in one
month
Temperature the months OF
une, Iuly and August the average tenn
oerature is about 80 degrees, but there
SO little humidity in the atmosphere
that no incouvenience is experienced.
There being but limited irrigation in the
,eighborhood of Tncson there is no
humidity produced in that way, as is
notably the case in the neighborhood of
Phoenix, where agricultural develop
ment has through the aid of irrigation
reached great stage. Tie fall, winter
and spring months can \be compared
with the Italian CLINE Flowers bloom
during the entire winter months.
Wonderful Dryness Of Chmate.-There
is nothing more remarkable about the
climate of Tucson than it's dryness. 1t
is phenominal. There isno such thing as
what is called su1try weather as in the
east A recent visitor to Tucson Joking
ly remarked that mot even the rains
seemed damp" 1t is fact that the eff
feet of a heavy shower is observable for
but a few hours. In this dry climate
sunstrokes are unknown. The dry air
induces exceedingly rapid evaporation of
the abundant perspiration. AS mat
ter of course the supply of fluid must be
maintained, hence one drinks a great
deal of water here.
Good Water at Tucson.-Everyon is
aware of the Importance of good water,
and this Tucson certainly has. More
over. there are two ice factories which
supply any quantity of beautiful ice.
Effect of dry Climate on Temperature.
Another effect of the extremely dry eli
nate is that the sensible temperature is
tar less than that recorded by the ther-
mometer would indicate. Some claim
that there is difference of as mach as
fifteen degrees between the sensible tenn
perature and that recorded by the ther-
mometer.
Climate the Only Cure for Pulmonary
Disease 1t is admitted that no medical
treatment has yet been discovered that
will cure pulmonary Consumption. The
only cure is that of climate, and in Tue
son the warm dry atmosphere seems to
be especially efficacious. AS to the special
advantage which it's climate offers for
the relief and restoration of those suffer
ing from pulmonary complaints, note
what different prominent physicians of
the city say:
DR.. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:-'It is an undisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
"When a phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

patients should be sent to the arid re.
gions SO soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter,
apparently with view of sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that os
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
| to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. andpatients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
1.-The city OF Tucson has, in my opin.
ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with tie same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude Of
Tucson is 2.40O feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an Hlti.
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrghtson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,OO0
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October TO
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there were bat
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea of
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when l state that, at niidd av
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the sun"