Amador ledger., 1906-05-04
Street Sprinkling.

Not solitary bid was sent in 10
the city trustees for the contract for
sprinkling the streets. Under the
call for proposals, 1t was impossible
for any one to intelllgently bid for
the work. No term of contract was
specified, whether for term of years,
or for month. AS it would take an
outlay of at least $1,000 to fix up an
outfit for such work, it is not a matter
OF surprise that no one wanted to bid
blindly for the job. 1t is likely that
the board will have to provide the
sprinkling carts and water, and con-
tract ter dong the work and supply
ing the horse power. Those who are
versed in such matters say it is i'm
possible to sprinkle the streets named,
and do it properly, with one cart, that
two carts will be kept going if
efficiency is to be secured. Our
streets are getting pretty dusty, and
some arrangement for spI inkling must
be made soon.
q. Pier, travelling agent for E. G.
Dewitt d Co., patent medicine pro-
prietors of Chicago, was in jackson
yesterday, on business in renewing
advertising contracts, etc. He had
quite an experience in the earth
quake. He was in Santa Rosa when
the shake came, occupying a room on
the top floor of a three story brick
building. He felt the shake, but not
to the extent one would imagine.
from the fact that he was pulled out
from the debris on the street floor.
The building he was in was com
pletely fiattened out. He escaped
without scratch, and the same day
went to San Francisco, and served
two days on the relief committee.
Exercise in itself is no doubt excel
lent, but is it we'll for a sane man to
make it fetish? Does it do a busi-
ness man any good to swell the
muscles of his back by wrestling with
a rowing machine, or make his legs
as hard as railroad ties by galloping
about canvas track? Is there any
advantage, after all, in developing
the sinews abnormally? Does a man
who works with his brain gain any
thing by trying to initiate hod-
carrier? The notion that the average
business man will be benefited by
developing the muscles of a steve
doIe is based on nothing more tang
ible than wild theorizing. In favor
of it is the allegation that physical or
brute strength spells health. Against
1t is the obvious and undoubted fact
that millions of men who take no
more exercise than their ordinary
avocations require live to hale and
hearty old age and the further TACT
that the average athlete, for all his
sinew and vigor, is seldom more
healthy than the average desk slave
or soft-muscled business man.
Following are charges made by the
government land offices for mineral
surveys, as per paragraph of the
General Land Office circular of the
United States mining laws For lode
claims, $50; for placer claim, s35:
for millslte, $50; for millsite, incIud-
ing in one survey with lode claim,
$50; for each lode claim within and
included in the survey of a placer
claim, $40; for sevreaI lode locations
included in one survey, the first
location pamed, $50; all other Ioca-
tions included, each S25; for several
placer locations included in one sur
vey, the first location named, s35; all
other locations included, each, $50;
for affidavit of $500 expenditure of
after approval of sur
vey, So. Should an amended order
issue, an additional deposit will be
REQUIRED. M. & s. Press