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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
Mountain Home, Idaho: Tuesday, February 21, 1905

J. Frank Fouche will give a
dramatic recital at the Opera
House Monday evening, Feb. q,
under the auspices OF the Artemesia
Club, the proceeds to be used for
the improvement of the school
grounds. He is an artist of excep-
tional talent, and the ladies are
fortunate in having secured so able
an impersonator.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
HERR CASE

The latest feature of the Herr
case was the filing, yesterday after.
noon, of a new information con-
tanning, practically, the same
allegations as were recited in the
previous complaints. Embezzle-
ment is the charge, to which Herr
will enter his plea this morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
LEW WALLACE DEAD

Gen. Lew Wallace, author Of
"Ben Hur," died Wednesday night,
Feb. Is, at his home in Crawfords-
Vile, IND. He was Is years old.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
FARMERS INSTITUTE
sNeetiRgS TO be Held Here Monday
and Tuesday.

A session of the Farmers Insti.
tute will open in the court room
next Monday, Feb. 81, and con.
tinue until the following evening,
according to the following com.
munication received by w. c..
Howie, Esq, last Thursday:
Mr.. W. C. Hoaoie, Mt. Home, Idaho:
DEAR S1R-Have arranged for
an Institute at Mt. Home the 9th
and 2Sth of this month.
Have notice placed in papers
and otherwise made as you deem
best. Mr.. Mop Pherson, A e. Gipson,
Prof. G. A. Crosthwait and Prof.
Judson will attend meeting, and |
shall try and be present. Other
duties may prevent, however.
Will send you some circulars
you can use in advertising Insti-
tute. Get some of your local
people to present topics for discus.
sion, if possible.
Shall return to Moscow today.
Mcpherson may call on you in
regard to Institute.
Very truly,
III. 7. FRENCH,
Supt. Institutes.
Hours OF meeting are 10 a. m,,
1870 p. m. and 1880 p. N.
Speakers from the State Univer.
sity, State Horticultural Staff, and
the Dairy and Pure Food Com
mission, are to be present, and
many matters of Importance to tn e
soil-tiller, especially irrigation, will
be intelligently presented. Far
mers and others interested should
make special effort to be present.
At the last meeting in Mountain
Home, held a year ago this month,
the following local committee was
appointed: A Loveridge, HI, O..
Manz, J. A. Purtill, Mrs. E. M.
Wolfe and Mrs. M. E. Longfellow
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21

Death visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Bruce last We'd
nesday, taking away their little
daughter, aged II months.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21

LII the matters Of Anderson & Baker
asking for reduction in their valua-
tion to the amount of 5000, claiming
an interchangeable same is refused.
Quarterly report of w. w. Fountain
of fees received and disbursed was ac-
cepted and ordered filed for record.
Moved and seconded that the Board
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
HARNESS FOR SALE
Set of double harness for sale at
Garrett q DeCoursey's stable. II

Prosperity and expansion seem
to have struck the Bennett Bro
thers. A new delivery wagon has
just been purchased in order to
facilitate the filling Of orders,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
SCHOOL NOTES

James Fleming has withdrawn
from school.
Sylvester Britton was on the sick
list last week.
Harold Pascoe is out of school
on account of sickness.
Harry Mellen has gone to Boise.
Eddy Taylor has withdrawn from
roll.call and left for Ontario, Ore.
The visitors during last week
were Mrs. J. B. Stanfeld and Mr..
Thompson.
Lyman Longfellow was absent
Friday having had a severe attack
of Group Thursday night.
The bookkeeping class has begun
to transact actual business.
Miss Rodlum from Willmar,
Mimi, assumed the duties of prin-
cipal in the high school the first of
last week.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21

adjourn until January 17th, 1905, 9 am.
w. L. WARD,
}. V. MUNDELL. Chairman.
Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21
HIGHEST

HIGHEST
cash prices paid for all
kinds Hides, Furs and
Pelts. Apply office
Kelsey Co.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-02-21

The Board appointed Amador Ga
linda road overseer for road district
No. 9, upon petition from citizens of
Pine.
The following claims allowed on cur
rent expense, 1904, as follows: j. W..
Bailey, register fees, Little Camas, 1856
Mrs. Lucy Marlatt Neal $50
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
DIDN'T WANT THE THANKS
Weather Saved Them-Couldn't
Lose Even Fools.

Owing to the wretched weather
visitors were remarkably scarce
at certain inland pleasure resort
last summer, and in this connec,
tion an amusing little story is told.
A pair of young fellows chartered
a boat and went for a row on the
river. Apparently firing of their
exertions, they suddenly dropped
the oars and proceeded to amuse
themselves by rocking the boat
in midstream.
a number of ladies on the banks
were Mortified, which only seemed
to spur the jokers on to more reck-
less deeds. They redOubled their
efforts until what might have
been expected happened-over
went the boat.
Then it was seen that neither of
the precious pair could swim, and
they would certainly have been
drowned but for the proprietor of
the boatyard, who put off and
dragged them into his boat.
One of the now terrified youths
proceeded to stammer out his
thanks, but was promptly pulled
up by the rescuer.
Don't thank me-" he growled.
"Thank the weather. Visitors is
so scarce this year that we can't
afford even to let fools drownw
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Oakland on The Rate Issue.

At the time the Board OF Trade of
Oakland, CAL, appointed delegates to
the interstate commerce law con-
vention at Chicago, the following
resolutions, submitted by a COM
mittee, we're adopted unanimously:
Whereas. An effort is to be made
in the next congress of the United
States to empower the interstate com
merce commission with authority to
fix and regulate freight rates through
out the United States, and
Whereas, The Pacific coast is
peculiarly situated in so far as freight
transportation is concerned by reason
of water competition from all parts
of the world, and
Whereas, Arbitrary freight rates
based on mileage. or, not taking into
consideration the peculiarly advantage
eous water transportation conditions,
would work a hardship on all ship
pers on the Pacific coast; would give
undue power to any commission and
might tend to upbuild one section of
the country to the detriment of ano-
ther section and to rush legitimate
competition, and
Whereas, The Oakland Board of
Trade is entitled to three delegates
to the interstate commerce law con-
vention to be held in Chicago, Octo-
ber 26, 27and %, 1905, and said Oak
land Board of Trade by resolution has
put itself on record as adverse to
legislation that will give the inter-
state commerce commission power to
make freight rates; therefore be it
Resolved, That this committee re-
commend the appointment of a COM
mittee of three from the Oakland
Board of Trade and suggest the follow
ing: Hugh Hogan, L. A. Beretta and
Secretary Edwin Stearns, to attend
the meeting of the interstate COM
merce law convention to be held in
Chicago, October 26, q and %, and
protest against any and all resolu-
tions that may be offered tending to
give the interstate commerce commits
sion power to arbitrarily fix freight
rates; and be it further
Resolved, That in the teIief that
such fixing of freight rates will prove
great detriment to the shipping of
the Pacific coast, this committee re-
quests the board OF directors of the
Oakland Board of Trade to ratity the
action of this committee. g" dis
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
FIND GAYETY IN THE TREES
Often Small Grove Near Dining
Room May Serve to Enliven
Scenery About House.

1t is not necessary to have
gloomy or mOnOtonous ever
greens, as many people seem to
think. Often a little grove of trees
near the dining-room window may
serve practical purpose, just as
well as a long distant avenue max
ing a straight line, but not har-
monizing with the landscape.
Hold your hand near your face and
you can shut out the sun. Line
your driveway with Norway
spruces and you may dampen the
spirits of every guest who comes
to visit you, and if the trees do not
afford shelter from the prevailing
winter wind you will neither save
ton of coal nor protect yourself
from the nuisances that are sure
to come into your neighborhood
sooner or later, says the Garden
Magazine.
What we want is light and cheer
full evergreens over our houses,
not dark, heavy, dismal ones. In
nearly every case, plant deciduous
trees among the evergreens.
Mixed paintings usually look bet
ter than either kind alone, because
twice year when deciduous trees
are "doing things" evergreens
give them the best possible back
ground for their unfolding leaves
or autumn colors. Evergreens
alone generally look too somber.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
DRESSING FOR THE PART.
Women Buy Auto Costumes No Mat
ter Whether They Own Auto
mobiles or Not.

"At the risk of offending some
of my customers" remarked one
of the department managers of
tremendous department store, to
a Providence Journal man, as he
deftly swung a bunch of steam
plows into a corner to make room
for case of watered silks. ere,
gardless of the trade instinct
which Ive been cultivating, Pll
let you in on a secret. We can
hardly keep up with what we call
the demand for automobile dress
ing for women. Whether such
dressing is becoming or not is no
longer regarded as important; it
is the thing, and that is all there is
to it.
"And it is the thing because
goggles pushed on top of a hat,
three or four wells and a spacious
dust-colored coat stamp their pos
SCISSOR as a lady of high degree.
Wherever she appears. on the pi-
azzas of seaside hotels, at lunch
con, or in the shopping district, it
is taken for granted that she ar
rived and will depart in a large,
vanished touring car with brass
trimmings, and she makes the
women who are not thus arrayed
look as if they were travelling on
trolley transfers.
consequence? Consequence is
that every other woman is buying
goggles and wells and King Ar
thur gloves and roamy saffron
wraps. We're selling them to
shoppers who have never been
closer to an automobile than the
toot of the honk horn took them.
It's the yachting craze over again
in another form. You remember
there were days when most of the
Wlllies on the streets had just
stepped ashore from their yachts.
They had everything except the
yachts with them. They wore
white duck trousers, caps with
glazed visors and yellow eagles,
a blank expression, and, perhaps,
some of them were lucky enough
to be toting unpunched meal tick
cts in the pockets of their blue
coats. Their pallor was due to
too much poker in the cabin.
"Well, the real yachtsmen took
to kicking off their sea togs in port
and the imitation had to go out of
business. fancy the real auto
mobile owners will play the same
game sooner or later. They'll
leave the marks of the beast, their
touring paraphernalia, under the
seats of their machines, or in the
garages when they reach their des-
tinations. Then the goggles won't
go goggling off the counters fast.
er than we can put them on; but
just now we have to step lively to
fill orders"
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
TURN DESERTS INTO FARMS
Changes Wrought in Arid Wastes by
Irrigation Veritable Miracles
to Scientific World,

Were all of arid America fit for
the living it could be occupied by
a third of the entire population Of
the United States. Go into the
foothills of Colorado and Nevada.
There the sagebush springs from
the sand as it does on the sun
baked mesas of Arizona and New
Mexico away to the south. The
statistician estimates that even
in Kansas, Nebraska and the Da-
kotas fully 75,OOO,OOO acres will
produce only a scanty herbage-
just enough to keep range cattle
alive few weeks during the graz
ing seasOn-yet these states are
not considered a part of the desert.
Already a modern miracle has
been wrought. The one who has
not visited the oasis created by ir-
rigation may scout this assertion,
but should he chance into the val
ley through which the Rio PecOs
flows, or in Colorado along the
Poudre river, the landscape Of
field, orchard and garden which
nature has created in a literal will
derness will convince him beyond
the shadow of a doubt. In the
southwest fruits and grains both
of the tropic and temperate zones
are to be seen growing in luxuri-
ance where yesterday only grease
wood, sagebrush and cactus ex-
listed.
Yet the soil is unchanged, save
for the application of water. 1t is
that of the desert-without mois-
ture, almost incapable of support
ing life. When moistened, how
ever, these particles of sand, even
alkali rock, contain properties so
fertile that from them springs
vegetation more abundant and
luxuriant than the crops that are
gathered from the rich black loan
of Indiana and Illinois and the
fertile valleys of n u, York itself.
Though less than ten per cent.
of the available area for irrigation
has thus far been reached, in Col
orado itself no less than Is per
cent. of the lands available for cul-
tivation depends upon the artifi-
cial water supply. These farms
aggregate 100000 acres. The
South Platte valley, the most ex-
tensively irrigated region in the
United States, including portions
of Colorado, Wyoming and Ne
braska, has 100000 acres which
are artificially watered. Farms in
Utah thus supplied aggregate
100000 acres; Arizona contains
100000 acres, New Mexico $50, 900
acres, Nebraska 100000, while
some of the most productive val
leys of California, which send
their fruit and vegetables by the
carload to all parts of the United
States, as we'll as the principal
cities of Europe, are nurtured en-
tirely by wells and canals. Yet
the average size of an irrigated
farm is not over 40 acres, which
gives an idea of the millions Of
people who to-day depend upon
these great water works for their
livelihood.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
OLD MEANINGS
Where Names of the Different Parts
Of the Human Body Came From,
by College Paper.

In an official publication of the
University of Wisconsin James
Davie Butler tells what the names
of some parts of the body
come from. "Many persons" he
says, "elbow their way through
the world and yet cannot tell why
their own elbows are so named.
They forget that the syllable
'el' was once our name for arm
and then for a measure of an arms
length, sense that is plain still
in the proverb: Give an inch and
he will take an ell.' In the light of
this obsolete meaning elbow is
clearly armbow, the bend of the
arm. Finger is allied to fang
and so means a grasper; and
hand has a similar sense because
from the same root as HOUND the
game grasper, and with 'appre
hend.' Nail being from the
same root as nag teaches that
nagging is a figurative scratching
with the ends of the fingers.
Wrist is what wrests or turns
the hand and is palmer when we
find that 'foot-wrist' was an old
name for the ankle. 'Vertebrae'are
also turner's, the bones on which
the body turns round horizontal
ly; while launches - literally
'bends,' analogous to hinges
are what it turns upon up and
down. Tnstep' if still spelled as
once it was, 'instoop,' would de-
scribe itself as the foot's stoop or
bend inward to the ankle:
Muscle which means mouse,
takes its name from it's shape, and
the ends which stretch it are ten
dOns, which is Latin for stretch
ers. Beginners in Latin are
pleased to learn that the uvula, at
the root of the tongue, means a
grape cluster; that the clavicle,
which locks up the chest, means
key; that a certain vein is called
jugular, meaning pertaining to ii
yoke, because near the yoke of the
right and left ribs. 'NostriP is
nose drill, for it pierces the nose
as drills do rocks. Artery ety.
mologically is an air tube and so
perhaps was once pronounced
ARTERY. No blood being found in
arteries after death, it was nat
ural, since nature abhors a vacu-
um; to think those empty vessels
to be air pipes or ducts for vital
spirits which were quite distinct
from that in the veins.
'Muzzle is not a dignifed word
for mouth, but it has an origin and
relations worth knowing. 1t
means a bitter and is cognate with
'morseP and 'remOrse.' 'Muzzle'
is a bitter, 'mOrseP is what is bit
ten and remorse is an afterbite.
Instead of transferring from Lat
in the phrase 'remorse of con
science Anglo-Saxons translated
it the 'again-bite of inwit,' the
title of an ancient poem dating
from the year 1340. Jaws would
be a palmer word if spelled now
as it was in our Bible of 1611-
that's, 'chawes'-I will put hooks
in thy chawes.'"
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense Of 35 cents q month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
Of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize a home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoff1ce or express. Money sent
to all parts of the United States and also all
parts OF the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from S. up. Commence
the new year hy opening up bank account. A
man or woman with bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money I;
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Thought He Could.

The impecunious debtor was de.
fiant.
"You can't get blood out Of a
turnip," he said.
81 think l camp snorted the an
CRY creditor, landing heavily on
his nOse.-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallows counte-
head. ringing in the ears, loss of confidence
dimdence in approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness OF the limbs and back
loss Of memory. pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 40 years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit Of
his 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, 6s9 Kearney street. San
Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15

Receipt books for sale at Ledger
office; also all kinds of blanks, min
ing location, deeds, mortgages, etc.
Give us daily some good bread. Pho
neeT flour makes the best.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
The Season of Indigestion.

The season of indigestion is upon
US. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indi-
gestion and dyspepsia will do every
thing for the stomach that an over
loaded or over worked stomach can
not do for itself. KodoI digests what
you eat-gives the stomach a rest
relieves sour stomach, beIching,
heartburn, indigestion, etc. Sold by
all druggists.
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Call and see the immense new stock
at Pete Piccardo's.
We make speciality of printing all
kinds of notes, receipts, checks, etc
Send your orders to the Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Not So Bad.

AS a matter of fact, no man has
ever been tickled to death, but
after sL az NKQalaa't be a bad way
d. uo1u III Une Day.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tai
let's. ALI druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. b. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Has Stood the Test rs Years.

The old, original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you arc
taking. 1t is iron and quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure no pay. SOC.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15

Ledger an d Chicago Weekly Inter
ocean, both papers for one year, 81. 50
in advance.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Chinese Delicacy

Wasp soup is looked upon as a
great delicacy in China.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Ledger'S Clubbing Rates

Ledger and Daily Call, one year $ 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
JOoi UU
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle,
one year .................. so
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-ocean ..............,. 2 so
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine, one year. r................ 2 Is
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, l
year, including free pattern. =. 2 so
The above Rates are Strictly In
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
RICHARD WEBB
United States Commissions
JACKSON.

JACKSON, AL.
Will attend to Homestead and other filings:
taking of final proofs and all other Land
Business.
Deeds and other legal documents drawn up.
Agent for Phoenix Assurance Company OF
London, and Washington Providence Fire In
uSranceCompanies. ie22tt
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Hotel Business for Sale.

TTNHE UNION HOUSE BUSINESS, situated
with all furnitures and fixtures complete The
house contains 20 sleeping rooms bar, dining
room and complete equipment in every way,
and recently rehtted throughout. Doing good
opportunity for any person wishing to engage
in the hotel business. Good reasons for wish
ing to sell For particulars apply to F. Sim
cich on the premises. aae9-tf
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
Unhappy Women !!

No woman can be happy when her
health is undermined. No woman can
have good health while she suffers from
female weakness, Inflammation, ulcera-
tion or any disease of the delicate wom-
anly organs. Nervous, sleepless, fretful,
suffering in body and mind, she does not
live but only exists.
More than a half million such women
have found a perfect and permanent cure
for their diseased condition in the use of
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Women cured by this remedy say it is
wonderful medicine" so perfectly
does it restore them to health and come
illness.
There Is no alcohol in "Favorite Pre-
scription," neither does it contain opium,
cocaine, nor any other harmful drug. 1t
Is in the StricteSt sense, an honest, tenn
perance medicine. Its ingredients are
purely vegetable, and it will agree with
the most delicate constitution.
NEP Don't be hypnotized, or over per-
Suaded, into accepting substitute.
This medicine has record that's worth
far more than any difference in price.
Sick and alling women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce, either personally or
by letter, absolutely without charge or
fee, thus avoiding the unpleasant ques-
tiOnings, offensive examinations and OBJ
noXiouS local treatments considered nee
correspondence treated as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Write without
fear and without fee to DIR. R. V. Pierce,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
AyA. These tiny,
WNA E\GXCGS sugar-coated
sMNe anti-bilious
psllrsVt NC0S aXNA granules reg
GAA nN~ ulate Stom-
ach, Liver
and Bowels, cure Constipation and Bad
Stomach, attended by foul
breath. One or two for e-
laxative, three or four for P@A
cathartic.
This great family Doctor E@sS E1SsS
Book FREE on receipt of t.as HLDIse.Is
81 one-cent postage stamps HNN MSsss ss ~
to cover cost of mailing;
or, in fine cloth binding 81
stamps. Address DR.. R. V. 9
Pierce, 663 Main Street, 5 70
Buffalo, n. Y.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
BOARD OF DIRECToI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
costillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases such as Ghon-
orrhea, ,Gleet, Structure,
Syphilis in all it's forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
T.nSS of Manhood tho
Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
BANK Of AMADOR COUNTY

Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
Momen's Shirt Maists. 7sc

These are made of fine black lawn
tucked waists, full sleeves with cuff
fancy stock cOllar-wide plat down
front trimmed with insertion These
waists come in several pretty STYLES
all sizes-your choice Monday of any
M d Shirt 4sF waists for nicely 75C