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Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
A Few OVerIOOks.

81 met an old friend in town to-day"
said Mr.. Shannon to his wife one even
ing, on his return from business" and
he told me he expected to be married
in a week.
Ten minutes later, after his wife had
finished asking questions, Mr.. Shannon
wrote as follows to his friend Stodder:
Dear Stodder:-I thought I was a
newspaper reporter, but please answer
the following questions by return
mail. They cover some points I neg
lected to get from you.
"What is the name of the girl you
are to marry?
"Where does she live?
"What does her father do?
"Has he any money?
"Was it love at first sight?
"Are you very much in love with
her?
"How old is she?
"Where are you going to live?
"Did you ask her personally, or
write your proposal?
'Havn't you proposed to other girls?
'How did you and come to be such
friends?
Where are you going for your
honeymoon?
"Is it that tall girl you took to the
theatre one night last winter?
"Why didn't ask you all this when
you told me?
"Were you so excited you couldn't
give me any information, but simply
had to talk about getting married?
"a prompt reply will help me to give
my wife some much-desired informa-
ton. Next time you tell me you are
going to be married, don't think that
is the really important feature about
it.-Yours hastily, Shannon"
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Ananias:
Afdfl1dS.
$1oo,ooo.oo CASH

will be deposited with any reputable trust company
Cor less amount if desired) against like amount
by any coffee roaser dealer. If the charges prove
true we lose, if not take the money partial
liquidation for the Infamous insult to business.
The Postum Pure Food factories are the largest in
the world the business having been built upon abso
iutey pure food products made on scientific lines,
''for reason" and the plain unvarnished truth told
every day and all the time These factories are visited
by thousands of people every month. They shown
into every Granny and examine every ingredient and
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because of the presence there Of
Clark Mills equestrian statue Of
General Jackson, later called Lafa-
yette Square, because of the erection
there Of the great Lafayette statue,
and now very frequently called
Rochambeau Park because Of this
elegant example of art The statue
was unveiled in 1902 1t stands di-
rectlv in front of the White House.
The movement for the erection in
the National Capital of statue of
Rochambeau was in recognition Of
the close ties between France and the
United Statns This sentiment
was particularly strong after the
close of the Spanish-American war
in view Of the services rendered in
the interest Of peace by Cambon the
French Ambassador. The govern.
ment Of France had also just sent
over two superb Sevres vases as 8
gift to President Mckinley. Con
eress appropriated $500 for the
statue. Rochambeau commanded
the French forces sent to the as
sistance of the young republic Of tht
United States and which co-operatei
with the Continental army at York
town.
Rochambeau statue Is excel
lent art. The French field marshal II
the full uniform of his rank stands
with one arm outstretched evidently
pointing to the distant American col
ony which he is about to help.
At the base is a symbolic figure. Il
IS the figure of a woman hurrvine
forward with the flag of France
horne aloft in the right hand. Be
meath her feet is the prov of a shir
suggestive of the force which France
has sent across the seas to aid the
republic of the United States in the
days Of its infancy. Below are the
arms of France and the United
States linked together.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

From an old wood-eut Illustration in Richard.
sons West of the Mississippi."-A Home
14X20 Gnches not feet) showing that false
swearing in acquiring government land is
no new art,
through the foreclosure and transfer
of the property. The true working of
the commutation clause does not ap-
pear until after foreclosure upon the
maturity of the loans.
One significant brought out by the
investigation is that a large portion
of the commuters are women, who
never establish permanent resi-
dence and who are employed tempo
rarlly in the towns as school teach
ers or in domestic service, or who are
living with their parents. The great
majority of these commuters sell i'm
mediately upon receiving title, the
business being transacted through
some agent who represents his client
in all dealings and prepares all pa
pers.
The Communication clause, If it is to
be retained to cover special cases,
should be effective only after not less
than three years actual-not con-
structive-living at home on the land.
Under present practice, the commuta-
ton period being fourteen months,
six months of this time is generally
taken to establish residence, so that
only eight months remain. This time
is usually arranged to include the
summer, so that the shack built need
not be habitable in severe winter
weather, and the residence on the
land may consist merely in a sum-
mer outing. Obviously it is Assem-
tial that residence should be far more
strictly defined. 1t is probable that
lax Interpretation and enforcement
of the provisions of the law regard
ing residence is responsible for more
fraud under the homestead act than
all other causes combined.
1t may be urged that the frauds
which have taken place under the
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entries now passing TO final proof
shows that in the majority of eases,
these lands are not actually utilized.
but are being held for speculative
purposes, owing to several causes
among which are the laxity of some
of the state laws governing appro-
pr1ation of water for irrigation pur-
poses. and the insufficiency of the
water supply, considerable dificulty
mas been encountered in administer
ing that provision of the desert-land
laws which requires claimant TO
have a permanent water right based
on prior appropriation. Very often
the waters of stream are exhausted
by other appropriations before the
time when the claimant goes
through the form of posting notices,
recording his claim, and complying
with other essentials Of the state law,
Notwithstanding this, he furnishes
the testimony of two witnesses that
the water thus appropriated has
been used in Teclaimipg bis land. and
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

seen In various degrees of dilapida.
ton, but they show no evidence of
genuine occupation. They have
never been in. any sense homes.
Investigations have been carried on
where the commuted homesteads are
notable in number. The records of
some of the counties examined show
that 80 per cent of the commuted
three months after acquisition of tt
show that two-thirds of the commu-
ters Immediately left the state. In
many instances foreigners, particu-
larly citizens of Canada, came into
this country, declared their intention
of becoming citizens took up home
eteads, commuted, sold them land re-
turned to their native land.
The reasons given for adhering to
the communication clause are diverse
and many of them are cogent when
applied to individual cases. 1t is
said, for example, that the commu-
ter desires to raise money for use in
improving his place. This is often
true, but in the majority of cases the
records show that the commuter i'm
mediately leaves the vicinity. The
frequency Of loans is traceable in
many places directly to the activity
of agents Of loan companies, who
are often United States commission
ers also, eager first to induce settle
ment and then to make these loans
on account of the double commission
received. Later they secure the
business which accrues to them
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
SPLENDID WESTERN TIMBER GROVE
In the Region Being Despoed Stone Act

operations of the Communication clause
are due largely to lax administration.
The fact is that the precedents estab-
lished by decisions rendered on spe-
cial cases have so far weakened the
powers of administration that addi-
tional legislation is necessary.
Desert Land Law.
In the preceding report the opinion
was expressed that the desert-Iand
law should, for the present, at least,
be allowed TO stand. with a few
changes in detail. It was believed
that, with the experience of the past
for guidance, it would be possible to
enforce this law so that its essential
provisions should be complied with.
More careful analysis. however, of
the operations of this act and Of the
practices which have grown up has
led your commission strongly to the
conclusion that this law should be
modified in essential particulars.
Your Commission recommended
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

process. Each visitor Postum made of different
ical methods and one part blended with small part
of pure New Orleans nolasses. So he knows Postum
contains not thing in the world but Wheat and
New Orleans molasses. 1t took more than year of
experimenting to perfect the processes and learn how
to develop the dastase and properly treat the other
elements in the wheat to produce the cofeeke flavor
that makes suspicious people wonder But there
never has been one grain of old-fashioned or drug
coffee in Postum and never will be.
Another thing, we have file in general offices
the original of every testimonial letter we have
published. We submit that attitude regarding
coffee is and always has been absolutely fair. If
wants stimulant and can digest coffee and it
does not set up any sort of physical ailment drink it.
But if coffee overtaxes and weakens the heart (and
it does with some)
(and it does with sone).
Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with some)
Or if it causes nervous prostration (and it does
with many.
Then good plain od-fashioned common sense might
(without asking permission of coffee merchants) sug
ges to quit putting caffeine (the drug of cofee) into
highly organized human body for health is really
wealth and the happiest sort of wealth.
Then if ones own best interest urges him to study
into the reason and There's reason" he will
earth great big facts that all of the sophstres of the
coffee importers and roasters cannot refute.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
The Coffee Importers and Roasters are Attacking
POSTUM FOOD COFFEE
All Along the Line.
THERE'S A REASON"

Many people have found out the truth about old
fashioned coffee.
They have overcome disease caused by it.
The plan was easy and sure.
Quit Coffee and use Postum.
Proof with ones self is stronger than any theory.
The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands
yearly.
The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now derid-
ing Postum through the papers.
Because their pocketbooks are hurt they would
drive the people back to the old coffee slavery.
One coffee prevarcator says: ''It (Posturn) has
lately been exposed and found to contain excess
of very ordinary coffee"
Another that "it (Postum) is made from small
amount of parched peas, beans, wheat, dried sweet
potatoes, and paste of wheat middlings'
Here's to you oh faithful followers of the tribe of
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that the supply is adequate for that
purpose. While this showing, on it's
race, indicates a compliance with
law, the fact remains that the water
supply, If any at all, is not sufficient
TO permanently reclaim the land.
The ownership of stock in a pro-
jected irrigation ditch which does
not exist in fact, or the ownership
of a pump temporarily installed, has
often been accepted, in connection
with such testimony, as proof of the
possession of water. Many alleged
irrigation bitches or reservoirs are
familiar to members of the Commits
sion which are utterly inadequate to
irrigate a square rod, and upon the
strength of such works patent has
frequently then issued to 800 acres of
land.
Frauds committed through conven-
tlonal forms of perjury and through
lack of proper Yerification of the
facts as to the reclamation of the
land justify the taking of immediate
and radical steps in the revision of
the law. The law should absolutely
require an actual adequate water
supply, and the limits as to quantity
should be defined.
In short, the law should render i'm
possible the continuance of the
practices by which desert lands
without water, without cultivation,
and without crops are passed into
the possession of claimants.
Grabbing Lands.
The great bulk of the vacant pub
ha
Sultab Bile for cultivation under the
present known conditions of agricul-
ture, and so located that they can
not be reclaimed by irrigation. They
are, and probably always must be,
of chief value for grazing. There are
it is estimated, more than 100000
600 acres of public grazing land, an
area approximately equal to one-fifth
the extent of the United States
proper. The exact limits can not be
set, for with seasoned changes large
areas of land which afford good
grazing one year are almost desert in
another. There are also vast tracts
of wooded timbered land in which
grazing has much Importance, and
until a further classification Of the
public lands is made it will be i'm
POoo1OAO " give Will eAdClueSS luO
total acreage. The extent is so vast
and the commercial interests in
volved so great as to demand in the
highest degree the wise and conser-
vative handling of these vast re-
sources.
1t is matter of the first import
ance to know whether these grazing
lands are being used in the best way
possible for the continued devel p
ment of the country or whether
they are being abused under a sys-
tenn which is detrimental to such de-
velopment and by which the only
present value of the land is being
rapidly destroyed.
at present the vacant public lands
are theoretically open commons, free
to all citizens but as a matter of fact
large proportion have been parceled
out by more or less definite compacts
or agreements among the various in
terests. These tacit agreements are
continually being violated The
sheepmen and cattlement are in fire.
quent collision because of incursions
upon each others Domain. Land
which for years has been regarded as
exclusively cattle range may be in
fringed upon by laIge bands Of
sheep, forced by drought to migrate.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

"A darky was asked why he went
away, and gave the following lucid an
swer:
81 didn't went. I didn't want to
went, and if l had wanted to went, I
couldn't have got to go no how"
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05

There is a group of islands south of
New Zealand called the Seven Sisters,
said to be subject to a practically
constant rainfall. The same condi-
tions exist in Terra del Fuego, except
that the rain often takes the form of
sleet or snow.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
ROCHAMBEAU STATUE.
A Heroic Bronze Figure of Frances
Field Marshall Standing In Front
of White House.

One Of the very striking and majes-
tic bits Of bronze in Washington is
the Rochambeau statue which stands
in what was called Jackson Square,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08
TIE AMBER HARVEST.
Work of the waders and the Divers
of the Baltic Sen.

Work of the Waders and the Divers
of the Baltic Sea.
The poor people WHO earn a precarl'
GUS livelihood by gathering amber on
the shores OF the Baltic sea work only
In the toughest weather. When the
wind blows In from the sea, as 1t often
does with terrific violence. the powders
are tossed and tumbled ut the bottom
and great quantities OF sea wrack are
washed up on the beach. This Is the
harvest of the waders, for hidden In
the roots and branches OF the seaweed
humps Of the precious gum may be
found
In other parts or the coast divers 20
crawling on the bottom OF the sea for
the Jumps of amber hidden In seaweed
and under rocks. II is beloved that
once a great pine forest 1ourIshed here
where tho great pillows roll and that
amber IL the gum exuded from the
trees, of which not vestige remains.
The finds are very variable. The lar.
gest piece known, weighing eighteen
pounds, IN In the Royal museum In Ber-
lin. The usual finds range from Jumps
as big as mans head to particles like
grains of sand. The larger pieces are
found Jammed In rocks or In tangles OF
marine vegetation. Divers work from
four 10 five hours n day In all seasons,
except when tho sea is blocked with
ice. The work Is SO srdDeus that they
are batbed In perspiration even In the
coolest weather. For all their grinding
toll the samlnnd natives are happy In
their way and increase and multiply as
In more favored regions OF the earth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08
Hand Picked Beans.

AS beans come from the thrashers
there are among them more or less that
are discolored and damaged and also
gravel and dirt of various sorts. This
refuse must be removed before the
beans are ready for market. Much of
this work can be done by machinery.
but some of it must be accomplished by
hand picking. All the beans going to
market from New York are hand pick
ed, which means that practically every
bean is perfect. The matter of prepar-
Ing the crop is almost exclusively In the
hands of the bean dealers. At q large
number Of the railway stations In the
bean growing sections are bean houses,
usually the property of local produce
dealer who buys the crop of the local
lty. The farmer delivers his crop at the
bean house.-American Agriculturist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08
The Mutton Merino.

Some people seem gifted in making
forecasts of the future and anticipate
coming needs. My friend. the late L.
D. Curtis, who, by the way, was a
forceful writer on farm topics and live
stock breeding, some years since ad-
vocated the development of a mutton
Merino type. What would be the mat
ter with such sheep for present con-
ditions? Surely it would not be want
Ing on the score of fleece. | can name
two fiocks in this section that were
developed by mingling the blood of reg
istered American Merinos with the
French or so called Rambouillet blood.
Each of these flocks has clipped fieeces
averaging fourteen pounds, which has
a selling value equal to American Me-
rino clips. These sheep have all the
vigor and energy that always result
from uniting long separated forceful
mother blood, says a New York CORE
spondent of National Stockman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08

rseven hundred eggs in four years-the
worlds record.l
for layers only those hens which VIII
lay the most eggs in two years. Any
one can see that the formation Of
complete egg by hen is very differ
ent thing from making butter fat by
COW. The fat production is the more
simple operation.
Yet the dairy type" does not always
prove a true guide. There are cases
where the use Of q Babcock test has
shown that well shaped cows were
pretty close to robbers-'living ON their
shape" In like manner the trap nest
has shown that the true egg type In
a hen Is often inside the feathers and
not indicated by the size of the head.
the length Of the neck or body or the
general shape. A trap nest may be
called a Babcock test for hen. The
nest is so arranged that when the hen
enters she closes the entrance and must
stay there with her egg until released.
As each hen Is numbered on leg band
and cannot get out Of the nest without
help, it Is possible to identify every egg
she lays. Some careful tests Of this sort
were conducted at the Utah experiment
station by Professor James Dryden.
The contrast between Individual
Brown Leghorns In those tests Is great.
The Brown Leghorn In the cut has the
worlds record so far as known. She
laid POI eggs the first year, 241 the sec
| ond, 126 the third and over 100 the
fourth. On the other hand, a Brown
Leghorn kept In the same pen and, OF
course, fed and cared for in the same
way laid only 200 eggs in the four
years, or less than one-third as many
as the other. 1t Is singular thing
that the record breaking hen was class
ed as q poor layer by people who pride
themselves on their ability to pick out
hen by her shape, while the drone
was selected as good type of layer.
1t Will be seen that the hen does not
carry all her character on the outside.
Mr.. Crosgroye OF Connecticut from
number Of pictures Of the hens tested
at the Utah station selected the hens
with a strong, protruding breast and
sharp curve under 1t as the better lay
ers. but we have found that different
people, when questioned separately,
have different types In mind.-Rural
New Yorker.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08
A SPECIAL SENSE.
That which UncrrinRIy Directs n
shark 10 Carrfon.

That which UncrrinRiy Directs
shark 20 Carrion.
IL Is curious thing and, 30 far M
present knowledge goes, quite inex
pllcabie how shark seems to have NJ
unerring perception VI the presence Of
carrion. BY virtue Of what sense doe,
he know that ut Il distance OF perhaps
couple Of miles there IL food TO b,
had for the riakipg up7 1t can hardly
be sight. and TO say tiiat II Is the sense
Of smell presupposes au olfactory mp
paratus OF such marvellous dellcacy
that one good Whit from an ayerag,
harness cask" would surely burst the
machinery for good and all. And YET
our shark VIII bolt n goodly lump OF
the gamiest salt pork without 80 much
as wink. No, 1t cannot bo his nose
which leads him.
Now n theory has been put forward
by naturalIsts that the shark possesses
In common with the Andes condor, d
special sense, or instinct, which IL de-
MED 10 cleaner feeding animals. The
naturalist capnst explain this sense
He confesseS, ~ fact, Iint he knows
nothing about a. But he can give II n
name. Iis calls II the "carrion sense. .
and with that name. which, OF course.
explains nothing at oil. expects us to
be satIshed.-Pcarson's Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08

Undoubtedly the greatest difficulty
that the calf feeder has to contend
with is scours. Here, as elsewhere,
'an ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound Of cure" The principal causes
Of this difficulty are oyerfeeding, sour
milk, feeding cold milk, feeding grain
with the milk, using dirty milk pals.
very cold water, too much water after
periods Of thirst and irregularity In
feeding. The careful feeder will watch
very carefully the effect of his feed
upon his calves, and as soon as there
ire any signs of scours the milk
ihould be reduced one-half or more
and gradually increased again as the
calf Is able TO stand It.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08

r-oT1 creepers ara Tc7C7ecxsE -sa=
this orchard their headquarters. The
chickadees became so tame they would
alight upon the person who conducted
the experiment and take food from his
hand. An examination made of the
stomachs Of some of these birds proved
that besides the food supplied them
they consumed all forms Of insect life
to be found in the orchard and neigh
boring woods. The following summer
chickadees and woodpeckers nested In
the vicinity of this orchard, while 1t
and one other were the only orchards
in the locality to harvest crop of fruit
that season, all others being too badly
overrun with cankerworms and tent
caterpillars.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08

In somc South American tribes the
women draw the front teeth. esteem
Ing as IN ornament the black gap thus
made.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-08
20 Immune Lettuce.

An article has been widely dissent
mated in the press to tbs effect that the
bureau of plant industry has made re-
markable discoveries In securing new
lettuces immune to disease. In view OF
the misleading statements made In this
article and the fact that the United
States department Of agriculture Is re-
ceiving many requests for seed DR.. b.
T. Galloway, chief OF the bureau OF
plant industry, announces that the
statnments In. question are wholly un'
authorized: that the department has no
immune lettuce nor has 1t any seed OF
such lettuce for distributions. u. In
Gardening.