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Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

jackson has been Incorporated over
fifteen months. We had hoped ere
this to be able to present the financial
statement of receipts and expenses
during the first year of corporate
existence, but have been unable to do
so. The report is not ready for the
printer yet. Tho residents are
naturally anxious to know how the
thing has panned out, and whether
the benefits that have accrued are
commensurate with the cost. 1t is
admitted that the tangible results OF
the first year in the way of improve
ments made by the city authorities
with city funds, are extremely meager
The main Improvement the laying of
q sewer on the east side of Main
street was carried out exclusively
with private subscriptions. And as a
matter of fact only one or two con-
neetions have been made with that
sewer main so far. 1t is about time
the trustees gave all property holders
interested certain length of time to
connect Herewith. But even this is
debatable ground. Being a private
matter, as the city empowered to
order connections to be made. The
situation is complex, and it may be
that this is the reason no action has
been taken ere this.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
APPLICATIONS
For Grazing Permits.

Notice is hereby given that all appli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle,
horses, and sheep within the Stanis-
laus Forest Reserve during the season
of 1907, must be filled in my office at
Sonora, California, on or before
April l, 1907. Full information in
regard to the grazing fees to be
charged and blank forms to be used
in making application will hefurn-
ished upon request. s5ir
s. L.. N.ELLlS, Supervisor.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
Notice
TO Taxpayers.
Office of the Tax Collector
C0untv 0f Amador Cto

Nounty Vi AIuauOr, state OF CaIf0rnla,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
IN taxpayers of Amador county. that I. u S.
GREGORY, Tax Collector of Amador county
did on the Sth day of October, 1906 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 on all personal property se-
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 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
nall be not paid before the last Monday in
April next, at o'clock p M an additional FIVE
per cent will be 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 property. due October sth, 1904
First instalment, one half real estate and all
1906, at O'Clock p. m
Second instalment, ane-half real estate. due
January 9TH, 1907
Second instalment, one half real estate. de-
linquelt April 29th. 1907 at 6 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 ba de-
hnquent, and 10 per cent and 5 per cent and
other costs will be added thereto.
Positively no Checks received for the uay-
ment Of taxes.
u S. GREGORY,
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
MARRIED.

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CURILlCH- -ERBOZ. = In jackson,
March I, 1907, by Rev. Father +.
Taskosski, M. l.. Curilich of Gwin
mine to Miss Mary Erboz of Jack
son. e
-RICkERT- In Seat
tie, Wash. February 26, 1907. A.
j. Charleston of Seattle, to Miss
Christina Rlekert, formerly of Jack
son.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

The FL Dorado Republican rises to
remark that if the California legis-
iators we're either moved up to Fol
som, or down to Stockton, itwouId
be far more beneficial act for the
people of the state at large than NOV
ing the capital TO Berkeley. We
concur.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
Hope.

Mr.. Merchant" said the new clerk,
preparing to ask for more money, 81
think l understand the business pretty
well now, and"--
'Yes?' interrupted his employer.
well, keep at it four or five years.
Perhaps you'll understand it then as
well as you think you do now."-Phil
adelphia Press
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Ladies Attention. Send your name,
address and size of dress ss-shields, also
name of dry goods store where you
trade and receive free sample pair
sCanfields" Hicks Brand Gossamer
Weight Shields. Address ''CanfieId"
care of the S. H. and Nj. Co, % South
st, San Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Statesmen WANTED Three sales
men tor our new county, township
and railroad surveys of California.
These surveys are a splendid com
pilation of facts. figures and drawings
and of wonderful value. Counties
and towns are fully indexed and
populations of each are given; rail
roads plainly shown and distances
between all stations also shown; CON
gressional districts outlined, number
cd to mention. A splendid oppor-
tnnity for energetic men. Rand, Nc
Nally u Co., Chicago, Ills.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Lost. Five bales of hay are miss
ing from the Darn of ID. Giannini in
Sutter Greek. Any information as to
the whereabouts of said hay, or who
took the same, will be thankfully re-
ceived by the undersigned.
ID. Giannini, Volcano.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

An Italian named Laventi. employ
ed at the Zeila, was squeezed between
the skip and shaft timbers Saturday
night. He very narrowly escaped
with his life. No bones we're broken.
but the accident will lay him off for
a week or two.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
A Guaranteed cure for Piles.

Itching, blind, bleeding, protruding
piles. Druggists are authorized to
refund money ii Pazo Ointment fails
to cure in 6 to IA davs. SOC.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

The chances of Berkeley becoming
the capital are slim. The university
town will put up strong fight, and
spent lots of money in the canvass,
but we do not think they can win.
In this year OF Haparallel disaster,
the Legislators committed a piece of
objectionable folly IN plnnging the
state into such bitter sectional fight
as this capital removal contest pro-
misses to be. The proposition, in
order to win, must receive a majority
of all the votes cast at the next
general election. Some authorities
go fnrther than this, and claim that a
majority of all the registered voters
will be necessary to take the capital
to Berkeley. Assuming this view to
be correct there Is not the ghost of a
show tor Berkeley to win. The vote
actually polled at state election
always falls from 10 to ~ per cent
short of the electors enrolled upon
the great registers. Tho Citizen who
fails to 90 to the polls on election
day, as we'll as the Futer Who neglects
to mark his ballot on the capital
removal issue, will all score against
Berkeley, just the same as though
they actually voted in favor Of Sacra-
mento. As rule, twenty five per
cent of the total vote is enough to
carry or defeat a constitutional
amendment. At the last election the
total vote in Amador county was 24O9.
And yet the highest vote cast on
either tor or against a constitutional
amendment was 470-less than one
fifth of the total vote, This fact will
suttiee to show the uphill character OF
the job that Berkeley has undertaken.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Little globules of sunshine that
drive the clouds away. DeWitt's
Little Early RIsers will scatter the
gloom of sick headache and bilious
ness. They do not gTipe or sicken.
Recommended and sold here by +. w.
Kuhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

A LII kinds of Blanks for U, S. Land Filings
- Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had at the Ledger office; also deeds
mortgages. mining locations, proof of labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

For Sale House and lot in lone,
known as the Kennedy property, one
OF the best locations in town; lot 100
feet square, with orange and olive
trees in full bearing, cheap; no rea-
sonable offer refused. Or will lease
or rent same on easy terms. Value
OF fruit alone sufficient to pay rent
Apply to +. Webb, jackson.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

levied an assessment of 50 per share.
1his is pretty steep levy to hand
out to the stockholders. 1t is not the
kind of dividend that Ioomed up
before those who put their money into
the enterprise when = it was first
organized. Nevertheless. it is no
doubt designed to pave the way for
those pleasanter dividends which
pour money into the pockets of
fortunate shareholders, instead of
taking coin therefrom. We presume
this assessment is the initial step in
the extension of the road to the tim
ber belt-some twenty-five miles
beyond the present terminus. Every
thing points to the starting of this
work of extension early this spring,
and that it will be pushed to COM
pletlon as rapidly as possible. The
promoters have been over the route,
have thoroughly looked into the tim
Der resources of the eastern section,
with the result that they bought out
right large area of the timbered
lands, have secured options on still
more, which options they are taking
up as the time limits are about to
expire The whole thing has bust
ness like aspect. The present mana
gers of the road realize that the rail-
road as it now stands is not, and can
not be made paying enterprise. The
passenger fare is the same between
the two terminal points as it was in
the days of stage coaching; the rates
for freight are little ii any under the
mountain wagon method OF trans
portation. Still. with the high-grade
tariffs, the revenue is not equal to the
payment of a reasonable interest on
the investment.
The road as 1t now stands is unique
in the history Of railroading in this
country. We question if there is. or
has been, another road built in the
United States affording a parallel TO
his short haul line. 1t was built for
ordinary freight and passenger traffic
NOT a sightseeing road to be sought
by pleasure seekers and tourists, but
for commercial purposes in the usual
acceptation of that term. And yet
there Is not town nor even O village
or hamlet along the entire route.
There is not way station at any
point on the line. For an independent
road, this is certainly peculiar
condition. But this is not all. 1t
ends nowhere. With the largest
town in The county within two miles
of its terminus, the promoters con
cluded to stop even. that short
distance of the heavy traffic that flows
to and from jackson. OF course, 1t
may be said, that it gets this traffic
anyway. True, but at what cost.
The cost of hauling by team from tie
terminus to this city is one-third the
cost of the total freight charges from
lone to Jackson And even at this
rate, there is nothing in the business
for the teamsters.
The road ought to and might have
I,bridged this two-mile space without
any serious engineering difficulties to
contend with, and theI efore without
additional expense outside of ordin-
ary mountain railroading. The cost
of maintaining and operating the road
would not haEe been increased to any
appreciable extent. while the addi-
tional freight and passenger charges
would have proved a vitality import
ant factor in the income of the road
probably made sufficient difference to
place the road on paying basis.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

For Sale.-A three,roem house with
two acres of land In lone; small
orchard, with 30UO feet OF water pipe.
individual line, city water handy.
Two wells on property. Also house.
hold goods, and three dozen chickens.
For sale cheap. For further parti-
culars apply to W. W. Carlile, lone.
M mar /, If
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

For Reut-rwo front rooms in the
Webb hall building, suitable for
offices. Apply at Ledger office.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

For Sale-Lot of benches, formerly
used in Webb hall; 6 and feet long;
suitable for show place, churches, etc.
Will be sold cheap; apply at Ledger
office,
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

FOR SALE. "A lot on Main street
in the Chinese quarter, jackson.
Apply to Zip Sang, on the premises.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Dressmaking and sewing done. Mrs
French, at jackson Shoe Store.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

There has been much unfavorable
comment on, the action Of assembly
man Snyder in voting for the bill to
remove the state capital from Sacra-
mento to Berkeley. Representing the
nearby counties of Amador and Gala
veras-Amador having large mileage
bordering on Sacramentn-the un-
friendly and unneighborly vote of
our representative is surprising.
Certainly, he cannot claim that he
represents the views of his consti-
tuents on this subject. The feeling
in Amador is practically unanimous
for the capital to remain where it is.
We presume the same feeling exists
In Calaveras county and other por-
tiOns OF this assembly district. On a
matter of such vital Importance to
the taxpayers, we think Mr. Snyder
would have been wise in taking steps
to feel the pulse of his constituents
before casting his vote in the way he
did, tftr
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

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Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

For Rent--The Crocker dwelling
house on Broadway, has been just
fixed up inside and out, and placed
in tirst-class condition. Apply to
Theo. Croeker, Olympus Saloon, Main
street.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
w. B. PHILLIPS,
(snccessor to William scoqle)
UNDERTAKEN 8 EMBALMER
PLYMOUTH, CAL.

PLYMOUTH, CAL.
Calls promptly attended to day or night
Free use of parlor for funerals.
A fine and complete stock OF Coflns, cloth
and plush covered Caskets, constantly on hand
at reasonable prices fe22
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Drs. Barkan & Sewall-SpeciaIists,
for eye, ear, nose and throat, are now
located at 100 California ST., corner
Van Ness Ave. San Francisco.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head not exceed
ing lines, VIII be inserted at SOC per month, or
cents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

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Bears the N Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
signature .s &xAgzZx
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08

Furnished Rooms to let; inquire at
Ledger office,
Amador ledger., 1907-03-08


The fight for the capital removal to
Berkeley is fairly launched. Both
branches of the legislature have
passed the bill for removal. 1t is not
probable that governor Gillett will
exercise his veto power. Should he
do SO it is likely, from the votes
passed 10 its favor that enough sup
porters could be mustered to pass it
over his veto. The question must be
settled by the people. We cannot
believe that the legislature reflects
the real continent of the voters in
this momentous issue-by far the most
tremendously important financial pro-
biem the people have been called upon
TO unravel for many years. They
have nearly two years to consider the
question ia all its bearings. Every
phase of it, pro and con, will be
threshed out. We have an abiding
faith in common sense of the voters.
They are not fools, notwithstanding
that many OF the lawmakers biennially
sent to the legislature may safely be
classed in that category. When it is
realized that the scheme has nothing
more substantial to recommend it
than the selt-interest of few real
estate men, and plottlngs of a gang
of politicians, it will be voted down,
as it ought to be, on general prlnci-
Piles. 'a
rhs bill was promptly signed by
governor Gillett. The governor is
falling heir to adverse criticism be-
cause for this act. We cannot see
how he could have acted otherwise
under the circumstances. The Iegis
laturs is supposed to represent the
masses of the people. and when tbs
bill passed by Rlch big majority,
De could not be expeeted to inter
pose u veto to prevent the submission
of the issue to the voters. Personal
Iy. the governor Is said to he strongly
opposed to the capital removal craze,
aud will do his utmost as citizen
to block the scheme.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
YEAR 1906 WARM;
LOW In RAINFALL
Temperature Averaged is Above Nor
NAL Dai!y-Record for Past
Month.

Though December was generally
considered unusually warm, the figures
of Observer Sherier show that the av-
erage temperature was but two de-
grees higher than the average for the
month has been in the past 35 years.
The average last month was 29 degrees
with the lowest above on the 23d.
and the warmest "a on the 14th. The
greatest daily range was 80 on the 9th
and the least was on the 10th. The
absolute maximum for the month in
the above period has been 65 and the
absolute minimum % below. The ac-
cumulated excess of temperature dur
ing the year 1906. 535, or an average
daily excess of Is.
The total precipitation for Decem-
Der was Lei inches, just OF inches
above the average for 80 years. The
greatest precipitation in "a hours was
LOG on the 10Th and 30th. The snow
fall during the month was but 6 inch
es. Rainfall for 1906 was 1.95 inches
below the average in past years. There
were but clear days last month with
Z partly cloudy and 10 cloudy.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
BRIBE FOR U. S. OFFICIAL
TO QUIT BANK EXPOSE?
Rinehart Said to Have offered Exam
iner Cunningham Presidency
at $4,000 Year.

Waynesburg, Pa, Jan. 3.-The latest
sensation in the affairs of the sus-
pended Farmers & Drovers' National
bank was the announcement that a
few days after the bank was closed
j. B. F. Rinehart, its ruling spirit. of
fered John B. Cunningham, federal ex-
aminer, the presidency at $4,000 a
year, Rinehart to be restored as cash
ier and vice president. Rinehart, it is
said, told Cunningham that if he would
let up on the exposures affairs could
be smoothed over quietly and business
resumed again within week. One
thing that precipitated the trouble in
the bank was the recent reduction of
the states deposit from $125,900 to
$4,000 Bank officials expected an in
crease. A steel lock box in the vaults
of the bank is causing speculation
Rinehart refuses to open it. even at the
request of Receiver Cunningham, who
threatened to break into it. 1t is said
to contain insurance policies for $780,
600
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
BRITT AND CANS TO
FIGHT FOR $4,000
VIII Battle at Tonopah on March ~
Lewis Claims Foul Injured Her
mans Chances.

Tonopah, New, Jan. 3-Jimmy Britt
and Joe Cans have been matched to
fight before the Casino Athletic club
here on March II. The purse will be
$4,000. Joe Cans and Kid Herman
show no i'll effects Of their battle.
Nate Lewis, Herman's manager, in
sists the failure to observe the articles
of agreement about weighing in and
also the blow which Cans landed on
the Kids. jaw after the bell rang in
the second round had much to do with
the Kids defeat. The pictures will
show this incident, as Cans addressed
the crowd, explaining that it was an
accident while the crowd was kissing
his action.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
To Build Canal by Contract.

1t has at length been decided that
the Panama canal will be built by con-
tract, and in reaching this decision the
commission acknowledged that it can
be built to greater advantage by con-
tracing than by the government it
self. If you will try one bottle of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters you will
acknowledge that it is the best medi-
cine you ever took for poor appetite.
sour risings, nausea, flatulency, dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, costiveness, sick
headache. chills, colds, female ills or
malaria. Try it today. 1t is compound
ed strictly in accordance with the re-
quirements of the pure food and drug
act of June 80. 1906, and our guaran-
tee is printed on every bottle of the
genuine. Be sure to ask your druggist
for free copy of our 1907 almanac
before the supply is exhausted. You'll
find it very entertaining and instruct
i've.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
ARMOUR INVESTS $4,000, 900
New Car Shops and Packing Plant in
MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 3.-Unless
the present well defined plans are
changed in the near future, the Ar
mour Packing company of Chicago will
build, in addition to the packing plant.
new car shops in Minneapolis at a cost
of $2.000,000. The packing plant will
cost between $2,0OO,OOO and $4,000, 900,
so the company will spend about So
100000 in construction work in Min
neapolis during the coming summer
The new project is one of great i'm
portance to the city, for the shops will
cover more ground than the packing
plant itself. and will employ almost as
many men.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed, and Fuel.
Rock Island, Jan. 3.-Following are
the wholesale quotations in today's
market:
Provisions and Produce.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens S1z To
&c pound; hens, per pound z to Sc;
ducks. per pound 8 TO 10c; turkeys, per
pound IL to 13c; geese, per pound.
8 to 10c.
Butter-Dairy, 25 to 26c.
Lard-10c.
Eggs-Fresh, 2Sc.
getables-POtatoes, 35c.
Live Stock.
Sheep-Yearlings or over. 81 to SC;
lambs, $500 to $3.50.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 5000; cows
and heifers, $500 to $500; calves $3.50
to 800.
Hogs-Mixed, $3.50 to $G.25.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, 81 to 4Oc; oats, 35c.
Forage-Timothy hay, SIS TO SIG;
prairie, $12 to SIS; clover, mixed, $l2
to $13; straw, $500.
Woodland. per load. $500 to $3.50.
Coal-Lump, bushel, 13 to 14c; slack
per bushel, z to Sc.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03

Commander Robert E. Peary, who
comes to Davenport Friday, Jan. IL
to lecture under the auspices of the
Tri-City Press club, was recently
awarded the Hubbard medal of the
National Geographic society, for his
achievement of reaching the "farthest
north" The medal was presented him
at a brilliant gathering in Washington
by President Roosevelt himself.
In making the presentation Presi-
dent Roosevelt said: ''In the last ana
lysis the safe basis of a successful ma
tional character must rest upon the
great fighting virtues, and those great
fighting virtues can be shown quite as
successfully in peace as in war.
"They can be shown in the work of
the philanthropist; in the work of the
scientist, and, most emphatically of all,
in the work of the explorer, who faces
and overcomes perils and hardships
which the average soldier never in his
life knows. In war, after all, it is only
the man at the very head who is ever
lonely All the others, from the subor
dfnate generals down through the pri-
Yates, are cheered and sustained by
the sense of companionship and by the
sense of divided responsibility.
"You turning to Commander Peary}
the man whom we join to honor to-
night. you who for month in and month
out, year in and year out, had to face
perils and overcome the greatest risks
and difficulties with resting on your
shoulders the undivided responsibility
which meant life or death to you and
your followers-you had to show in
what the modern commander
with his great responsibility does not
have to show You had to show all the
moral qualities in war. together with
other qualities. You did great deed.
a deed that counted for all mankind.
deed which reflected credit upon you
and upon your country, and on behalf
OF those present, and speaking also for
the millions of your countrymen. take
pleasure in handing you this Hubbard
Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-03
PASSES ARE GOOD IN STATE
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Favors Legislators.

Grand Forks. n. D., Jan. 3.-Passes
have been issued by the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific roads to
members of the legislature and others
in the state, and the issuance seems
to effectually evade the federal law
with the following provision printed on
each annual: This is only good for a
trip wholly within the state. 1t can
not be used for any portion of an in
terstate trip nor can baggage be
checked or sleeping car reservations
made for an interstate trip"