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Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Insurance Troubles.

The course of the insurance com
panies in settling the San Francisco
fire losses is a matter that concerns
not only the policy holders in that
sweeping calamity, but indirectly the
people of the United States. On the
manner in which they face the issues
involved will depend in large
measure the fire insurance business
hereafter. No sensible person will
blame the companies for refusing to
pay losses caused by the earthquake.
The companies did not take risks on
that score, and it wonld be unjust to
their stockholders, and establish a
dangerous precedent for them to
place generosity before justice in
accepting any responsibility for such
losses. They will lose nothing in the
confidence of the public by repudiat-
ing all liability therefor. 1t may be
difficult to draw the line between the
earthquake and fire damage; still
the companies are justified IN making
the distinction. Again fair minded
men will not condemn the companies
for refusing to listen to any claims
based on losses that occurred after
the fire was subdued by dynamite
explosions intended to level danger
GUS walls. Responsibility for such
loss no doubt may, and will be
saddled somewhere. The property
holders injured should not bear the
burden; neither should the insurance
companies. The dynamiting in such
cases was done neither for the pro-
lection of the property holders nor
the insurance men.
The dynamitlng of buildings while
the fire was raging, and undertaking
for the purpose of staying the flames,
is an entirely different proposition.
Ibis is really the vital point involved,
no matter how the insurance policy
reads. Not one insurer out of ter
reads before taking out policy the
mass of printed matter contained
therein. He insures for protection
against fire, directly and indirectly.
No fine spun distinctions in the Sar
Francisco calamity will be tolerated
The broad principle alone will be
adhered to-that all losses not only
by the flames, but by the fire fighter:
in their efforts to stay its march,
must be assumed by the Insurance
companies. 1t is precisely the same
proposition as damage done by water
in trying to extinguish fire. There
is no question about the liability O;
the insurance companies for suct
loss. In small fires, the damage BY
water is often much greater than that
by fire. The water Is used to protect
the fire companies as much as the
policy holders. Just so with pulling
down buildings in the course of the
flames whether by dynamite or other
wise. If any wiggIing is resorted to
by the companies to avoid such losses,
it will handicap the future insurance
business all along the line. 10 shirk
payment in the San Francisco case
would imply that they would shirk
under any circumstances. The magni-
tude of the losses is no reason for
resorting to small methods. Insur-
ance companies have been hit hard by
this colossal disaster. In many cases
their entire revenue and capital stock
has been swept away. But the people
of San Francisco have been hit still
harder. And the least they can ex-
pect is that the companies taking
their money to protect them in case
of fire, stand up to their obligations
manfully.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Sewerage Matters.

The Ledger INDUCES the hope that
the city authorities will pause and
will consider all the phases of the
question before committing them
selves IN any way to a further exten-
sion of the present system of dumping
sewers into the several branches OF
Jackson creek at points not only
within the limits of the city, but
within the thickIy settled portions
thereof. The evils which the town
has suffered from this plan of dispos,
ing of sewerage was one of the factors
indeed, the most potent factor-ln
the movement for Incorporation. To
abate this nuisance in whole or in
part was the main argument for the
Inauguration of a city government.
True, this method of disposipg OF
sewerage within the settled portion
of the city is intended as a temporary
expedient, to meet the pressing needs
of the present. AS far as Main street
is concerned, there is a good excuse
for its adoption. 70 dump into q
stream within the municipality is a
nuisance in itself, forbidden by law.
But the un severed conditions on
Main street are far greater nuisance
and menace than the dumpage in the
stream at a nearby point. Hence,
we say while admitting that it is
delicate ground, the improvement
would far more than offset the dis
advantages, and public opinion will
sanction the plan. But to extend the
system to outlying and thinly settled
residence districts is a very different
proposition. 1t means the commit
ing of nuisance without any CORES
ponding advantages, with the pro-
spect that at any time by any resident
along the stream affected, a move may
Ee made to abate the evil. Every year
in the dry season, an outcry has gone
forth about the nuisance Caused by
the pollution in this way of the
fork, and various devices-aII
more or less chimerical-hav been
suggested to remedy it. 1t is still an
eyesore, and always will be so long
as sewerage is allowed to flow into the
open stream. The private cesspools
in outlying quarters do not con-
stitute a menace. There is no hurry
in their abolition. They can wait
until such time as they can be gotten
rid OF effectualIy and legally. 10
perpetrate a public nuisance under
official or semi official sanction, to
afford temporary make-shift for a
few, is in our opinion unwise. Take
a breathing spell. Do one thing at
a time. Delay action on matters that
can we'll be relegated to the future,
at least until such time as the citizens
from experience of municipal govern
ment in all its phases are able to form
some estimate of how they are likely
to be affected thereby. Let us not
try to do today that which we may he
called upon to undo tomorrow. A
system of sewerage is what
Jackson has complained of for years.
10 sanction its extension beyond
actual necessities is a grave matter
not to be rashed into by any corpor-
ate body without careful study of all
its varied aspects Would not the city
be liable for damages sustained by
protesting property holders from this
cause?
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

The city is having the thistIes ano
weeds cut from the new street, knowr
as Garbarini avenue, leading from
Broadway to South jackson. Sucl
weeds are a menace, and it is tn,
citJs business to abate the nuisanc,
within its jurisdiction.
Ice cream at P. Cuneo's tomorrow
and every day thereafter.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

THE CALKINS NEWSPAPER
SYNDICATE, San Francisco, Cal.
| subscribed for "ORCHARD AND
FARM" on Tor about) t)......
And owe therefor S..... (if paid for
leave blank
"THE PACIFIC MINER"
On (or about)
And owe therefor S........(l (lf paid
for leave blank
Name.
IoWh h.............
State. ........... .............
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Funny BIunders.

A famous sculpture group recently
exhibited in Glasgow represents Adam
and Eve after they had left Eden.
Eve, in despair, lies at Adams feet.
Through mistake an intelligent at
tendant placarded it with this descrip-
ton: "Motherless." At the same exhi-
bition was sleeping nymph, by a well
known sculptor, which by another mis-
take appeared in the catalogue as Mrs.
-" greatly to the horror of Glasgow.
A Sunday school boy recently gave
this account of the prophet Elijah:
"Elijah, the prophet. was carried into
heaven by whirlwind. and the chill
dren stood up and cried: Go up, thou
baldhead! Go up, thou baldheadp And
before he went up he divided the Red
sea-"
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Table of Contents.
For our Magazine Section next week

For our Magazine Section next week ::
champion of Admiral Paul Jones. :"
Mrs Donald Mclean, president general
daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, advocate of Naval Hero's Inter
ment at Annapolis.
Destruction of Stanford Univer-
sity." Sketch of CalifornIa's most
notable institution.
''Fire versus dynamite. How the
men of the U. 8. navy checked the
flames in San Francisco.
''Best dressed man in the world. ~
Is he New Yorker, or does he get
his clothes made in London?
"Animal heroes.'' Ernest Thomp
son Seton's latest animal book and
the description of dogs wonderful
battle with wolf.
'The Conflict. Seventh chapter of
this remarkable tale of the terrible
Franco-German War. The greatest
naval battle in history.
Page four devoted to discussion OF
food adulteration and description OF
production Of water fowls for market.
This issue is exceptionally well
illustrated with half tones from
photographs and original drawings.
The Ledger is conducted on a
strictly business basis. No sane
storekeeper is expected to give his
goods free to any cause. Once in q
while he may contribute goods to
some worthy object in lien of cash,
but he does so as favor; not as a
matter of right. 1t is not the rule,
but departure from the esta ablished
and recognized rule. So with the
newspaper business. The Ledger
cares not what policy its cotem
poraries may choose to follow. They
can give their advertising space tc
one class, and charge another tol
space in the same line OF business il
they so elect. However, unjust sucl
a procedure may be to the regular
and steady advertising patrons, it il
no concern of ours. For our part WI
shall treat all alike. 1t is useless Il
try to ring IN on the Ledger columns
advertising matter as a tree new
item. We have heretofore, and shall
continue to strike out all such matter
regardless of the object sought to b.
promoted.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

Notice is also given that the re-
gular annual stockholders meeting
OF said Del Monte NJ and M. Co.,
will be held on Monday the 9th day
OF July, 1906, at the principal place OF
business of the company, in the city
OF jackson, Amador county CAL, for
the purpose of electing directors.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
MARRIED.
DIED..

CLARK-At the county hospital May
%, 1906, Homer Clark, native of
Illinois, aged sc years.
RULE-Near Rancheria, May IL, 1906,
Mrs Nancy Rule, wife OF the late
ID. Ii. Rule, aged 68 years.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
ToTICE
To Taxpayers.
Ufflce OF the Tax COIIectOr
County of Amador, State Of California.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
IN taxpayers of Amador county. that 1. T. X.
NORMAN, Tax Collector of Amador county,
did on the 10th day of October, 1905, receive
from the County Auditor of Amador county the
original assessment books for the year 1905,
containing list of the persons assessed for
real and personal property, and the amount of
State and County taxes que thereon for said
year,
That said taxes are now due and payable to
me at my Office in the Court House, in the town
OF jackson. county of Amador, State of Cali
fOrnia.
That the taxes all personal property Sc
cured by real property, and one half of the
taxes on all real property were due and payable
on the second Monday in October 1905, and will
be delinquent on the last Monday in November
next thereafter. at 6 O'Clock p. m, and that un-
less paid prior thereto, fifteen per cent will be
added to the amount thereof, and if said one
half be not paid before the last Monday in
April next at o'clock p. m. an additional five
per cent will added thereto.
That the remaining one-half of the taxes on
all real property will be payable on and after
the first Monday in January next, and will be
delinquent on the last Monday in April next
thereafter, at O'Clock p m, and that unless
paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added
to the amount thereof.
That all taxes may be paid at the time the
first instalment. as herein provided is due and
payable,
First instalment one half real estate and all
personal proper ty, due October 10th, 1905.
First instalment one half real estate and all
personal property, delinquent November 27th,
1905, at O'Clock p. m.
Second instalment, one-half real estate due
January 4th, 1906.
Second instalment, one half real estate, de-
linquent April Goth. 1906, at O'Clock p, m
All the taxes may be paid in full at the time
the first inStallment is due.
Taxes not paid according to law will be de-
l1nquent, and 10 per cent and per cent and
other costs will be added thereto.
Positively no Checks received for the pay
ment of taxes.
T. K. NORMAN,
oc13 Tax Collector of Amador County.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25


The extra session is still in the air.
The program of needed changes in
the law has not been decided upon.
The necessity of calling the session
seems to be as much moot-point as
ever. The legal fraternity, and the
members of the legislature favor it,
but otherwise public opinion is dIvid
ed, many thinking that it might prove
more harmful than beneficial. The
governor is wary of the subject, and
will not take decisive action in any
event unless the business is confined
to very narrow limits, and the short
ness of the session carefully guarded.
California has troubles enough on
hand without free hand legislature
adding thereto.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
ANDREW pICCARDO
Freighter and Teamster
Jackson Gate Road.
Tax Collector of Amador County.

Freight hauled from Martell depot
and other points at lowest rates.
All parties wanting freight from
Martell delivered promptly should
have the same addressed in care of
A. Piccardo, and send bills of lading
care Peter Piccardo, Water st.
sell
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

FOR SALE House and lot on Pitt
street, jackson. Inquire of b. F.
Taylor, jackson. m2, 2m
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

continue for two years more In the
event of split supervisors ticket
being elected at the coming election.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

We make speciality of printing all
kinds of notes, receipts, checks, etc.
Send your orders to the Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Pipher Loses MandamuS Suit.

The Sacramento Bee of Wednesday
says:
The appellate court to-day denied
the application of Joseph E. Piphe1,
of this city, for a writ of mandate
compelling Judge r. G. Rust, of the
superior court in Amador county, to
allow his claim for S51S for transcrib-
ing certain testimony In the Staples
murder case in 1905.
Pipher, who is a court reporter,
was allowed in the neighborhood of
5000 for his services in the case. be
claimed the sum mentioned in the
writ as compensation for certain ad-
ditional transcripts OF testimony actu-
ally made and furnished.
Judge Rust resisted, claiming that
these transcripts had not been made
on his order, and that Pipher had
been paid for all work done by order
of the court.
The appellate court holds Pipher's
recourse does not lie in mandamus,
and that moreover, that tribunal can
not be made court of first instance.
(This decision is not conclusive of
the whole matter. 1t does not 60 to
the merits of the controversy whether
Pipher is legally entitled to further
pay for his services as reporter. 1t
merely says that mandamus was not
the remedy, if he had a just claim.
The judge of the superior court had
acted in the matter, denying his
claim, and mandamus to compel him
to reverse himself was not the proper
proceeding to try the issue. Ed.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head, not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, or
8 cents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25
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-
ments recorded, and must decline to accede to
any request to suppress any document from
these columns. Don't ask US to do SOL
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

of the wealth and there is in the United States an army of nearly 100000 constantly unemployed. This is what the Socialists have been pointing to would occur if certain things were not done and now that it has occurred the denouncers of the Socialists are at last discussing the merits or demerits of what the Social ists advocate.
 The silence has been broken at last. Newspapers of every faith and following, daily, weekly and monthly, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the great lakes to the gulf, from the remotest rural districts and from the centers of population. all of them are discussing this most momentous subject, some foolishly, some wisely. The pulpit, toU seeing its congregations dwindling away, is beginning to ask why, which leads to the discussion of this subject. Everywhere people talk about Social ism these days and most people are yet striving to find some other way, they instinctively feeling that unless some other way is speedily found to solve this problem, they will be com pelled to accept Socialism.
 Socialism means that all those things upon which the people in com mon depend, shall by them in com mon be owned and administered.
 That 9 majority vote of the people shall be the supreme tribunal and final authority of the land, that society shall provide opportunity for employ ment with the best possible equipment and guarantee to each worker the full value of his product.
 FRANK A. MAREK.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
ENGLISH TECHNICS.

The total cost of the epidemic of ty- phoid fever in Lincoln, England, last year was S60,000. The number of pa tients treated in the hospitals was 424.
 The new British parliament drinks half as much wine as it's predecessor, but eats twice as much, and the kitch- en committee is losing money on it's restaurant
 The Liverpool authorities are discuss ing the making ofsa regulation that the saloons shall sell no drink to woman before II a. m Of 7,700 arrests for drunkenness in Liverpool last year more than one-third were women.
 A calculation based On the latest cen sus returns shows that to provide pension of shillings per week for every person in the United Kingdom over the age of sixty-five years would require a sum of over $131 ,125,0OO per annum.
 Stalls for the sale of fruit and flowers will be opened shortly in the stations of the district Underground railway, London. But no bananas or oranges will be sold, because of the danger that might arise from skins thrown on the platforms.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
ITEMS FROM ITALY.

Italians who are unable to read or write cannot vote.
 The soldiers of Italy are given two hours off for nap every afternoon.
 In the siXty-three penitentiaries of Italy there are 9,942 convicts who are kept busy at various industries.
 No fewer than 100000 Italian citi- zens use French as their mother tongue, while 38.OOO persons in south ern Italy speak only Greek.
 A village of the bronze age has been found near DOmOdOssOla, Italy. It had apparently been burned. Beautiful vases, bracelets and lance heads have been discovered.
 Italian police have succeeded In cap turing band of railway thieves, most ly Frenchmen, whose mode of opera ton, it Is said, was to chloroform and then rob prosperous looking passengers In first and second class carriages.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
Notice to the Public

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned citizen of the United States is in possession of the tract of land described as the N. H of Sec So, Tp. Is g., 14E., according to the survey of these lands made in 1900 by the Imperial Land Co., and commonly called the Imperial Survey. Application has been made for entry, which is now pending in the United States Land Office at Washington. This land is known to be vacant and unclaimed public land, as the School Section 36 in this township has already been located by the proper Authorities and is situated , miles East and 15 mile north of the lands occupied and claimed by myself
 hereby certify that there is no other claim or occupation to said land except mine, and that I have been in possession of said land for more than one year. I also certify that the necessary reclamation work has been done. and that it is my bona fde intention to enter said land as a desert claim as soon as the resurvey of these lands, provided for by the Act of Congress of July 1st, 1902, Statutes at Large, Vol. g, part l, page FPS, is completed and the map properly describing these lands filed in the United States Land Office at Los Angeles, California, and the lands opened for entry.
 Signed: [. V. SESSION Witness: L. E. COOLEY.
 Dated at Santa Ana, California, June 12, I9O6. J-16-J-7.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
SOME FAMOUS TREES.

The elm tree planted by General Grant on the capitol grounds at Wash ington.
 The tall pine tree at Fort Edward, N. Y, under which the beautiful Jane McCrea was slain.
 The grand magnolia tree near Charleston, S. C., under which General Lincoln held a council of war previous to surrendering the city.
 The great pecan tree at Villere's plantation, below New Orleans, under which portion of the remains of Gen. eral Pakenham was buried.
 The magnificent black walnut tree near Haverstraw- on the Hudson, N. T., at which General Wayne mustered his forces at midnight preparatory to bis gallant and successful attack on Stony Point.
 UnsuccessfUI Fishing.
 Esmeralda-This is my latest photo graph. What do you think of itf Gwendolen-Let me have one, dear. It's absolutely perfect. Esmeralda.- You mean. splteful thing-Chicago
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
How It Has Cut Large Channels Through
 the Imperial Valley
All Danger Flood Forever Removed and Excellent Drainage Pro- Mded Present Conditions and Future Outlook
 Clearly Stated.

It is reported from Yuma that the Reclamation Service will cooperate with the California Development com pany in the work of swinging the Colo rado back to its old channel, and will furnish them all the teams and men they can spare. It is recognized now that unless the river is put under con- trol the Laguna dam will be under mined and the Yuma project destroyed. It is also inevitable that the Salton Sea will rise till 1t covers the Southern Pacific track for number of miles; and it is also equally evident that Mex leo needs to have the river put back where it belongs, for otherwise she will have no water for irrigation, and must face a big bill for damages be- sides. " So Mexico, too. may join in the undertaking. At any rate the Col orado river will be sent back where it belongs and an end put to it's bad ac- tions in discharging into SaIton Sea.
 Whether we emerge from the fray as a government irrigation district at- tached to, and part of, the Yuma pro- ject, cannot now be foreseen; but of one thing we are certain: The river will be shut out Before this is ac- complished, however, there will be quite fight, for the Colorado don't submit till it has to. We will hold their coats for them and hope to see the Southern Pacific, Uncle Sam and Mexico "go to it' just as fast as they can.