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Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
AMADOR.

The Misses BIanch and Fern Martin
are visiting relatives IN jackson tor
few days.
Mrs DIR. Miller left Monday morn.
ing tor the CITY, 3,o 49,
The band boys gave their usual con
cert on the street Monday evening. :,
Quiet n number OF our boys attend,
ed the opening of the skating link
in Suhtsr Creek Saturday night.
Miss Mae Kelley, who has been
visiting friends inSutterCreek for the
past week, returned Tuesday evening
sW.H.; ;Greenhalgh' Visited our school
,,,., y-f.s > = ,tsF ~ - sskS s''9
- sAesiT Gregory visited ifitd this j. .plsess lace
tuesday, .s -.
,.,Miss L. Mclaughlin 'l.h 'ahhc TdeIie
Whitehead Visited Jackson Wednes-
day. sss>s
+ yAmador is very dull at present, the
Keystone mine being closed down on
account of break in the sir COM
press9r. = .i.4~
Miss hlttie Kerr and Susie Mite
left for Sacramento Thursday morn
ing. inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Notice Of Hearing of Petition for
Pobate OF Will and CodiciI.

In the Superior court OF the State
of California, in and for the county
of Amador. $3.50 =
In the matter of the estate of T.. M.
Whitmore, deceased.
f.Netlce is hereby given that Satur-
day. the 2nd day of March, 1907, at
ten O'Clock d. nj. of said day, and in
the courtroom of said court, at lthe
court house in the city of jackson.
county of Amador, State of Cali
fornia, have been appointed as the
time and place for proving the Will
and codicil to the will of said F.. M.
Whitmore, deceased. and for hearing
the application of w. K. Webster
and Alfonso Ginocchio for the issu-
ance to them of letters testamentary
thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of
this court, this 18th day OF February,
1907. +'''.''s''s'
J.R. HUBERTY, clerk. -
(Seai) ee.-
.@7. John F., Davis,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Feb. Is, t.3 %
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
AUKUM.

The young folks of this vicinity
gave a surprise party TO iMr and Mrs
Albert Uhfinger son Saturday night
last They were NOT 'fong after arriv-
ing before dance was inaugufated
and was kept up ihtil morning.
Bob Carter went up to 1lndian
Diggins, to work.ln hSdratrlic.claim
at that place on Sunday last. -
Miss Mabel Votaw has been engaged
to teach the Pigeon Creek school for
the ensuing term.
Seth Jenkins6n PASSED through here
on Sunday, with;sseveral boxes SSof
giant powder 8 to be- used m a drift
m ine, near Cedar Grove if.oa: 'a
= MRS. Forbes, a relative of the writer;
met wfth'a serious accident on Satur
day last. She was stopping for few
days with her daughter, Mrs Nc
Swain, who lives near the Bay State
mine. MI and Mrs McSwain had
occasion to go to Plymouth, aud left
the old lady, near 20, to take care OF
the two oldest children. While going
out for walk with the two children,
in crossing a low bridge that spans
the creek close by, she fell into the
water fracturing the thigh bone, and
sustaining nervous shock, which
resulted quite seriously. She was
attended by DR.. Tiffany, who did all
he could for the unfortunate woman.
who on last accounts was reported
to be resting easily. Giddy Dick.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
The Japanese Question.

The Japanese issue on the school
question was deemed of such serious
import as to require the attendance
of the school authorities of San
Francisco, with Mayor Schmitz at
their head in Washington, tn discuss
tho situation, and IL possible reach
an amicable adjustment without sacri-
fice on the part of either nation.
Naturally the Japanese take 1t as an
atfront that while the children of
European countries are admitteds to
mingle with native born children III
the common schools without word
of dissent, japanese children, are not
accorded this privilege, but are
segregated in a schoolhouse by them
selves. This is not treating them
like other children, and is not in
keeping with, the principles set forth
in the declaration uf independence
that men are created free and
"equal." 1t is reported that Mayor
Schmldtz has capitulated to the
Presidents views in the settlement of
this controversy by a ompIomise
Compromises as rule settle nothing.
The nation tried this method to the
limit on the slavery question in ante
bellum days, and 1t merely put off
the day of settlement. We believe it
will be the same on this Japanese
Issue. A compromise which Will
admit the children of the little brown
men to the white schools. even with
the understanding that an exclusion
law Is passed forblddlng COOLIES from
the Japanese empire from landing in
any part of the United States will
not be satisfactory. The matter will
assuredly bob up again in a short
time, and demand settlement on its
merits-a settlement that will touch
the vital point whether the state oi
California. and every other state il
the UniOn-has exclusive jurisdiction
in the regulation of its school system
even to the extent of excluding
tharefrom any class of children deem
ed undesirable. Some time this point
must he settled decisively, in a way
that 1t Will stay settled, just as the
slavery issue had to be settled for al
time. .natal
As tar as California is concerneC
the people are practically a. unit tina
the San Francisco board of education
did the right thing in putting thu
Japanese In separate school. Tha
may be humilating to the pride O.
Japan, just as the exclusion O
American children from the common
schools of Japan would hurt tn,
pride of the people of the United
States. .
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
In MemOriam.

jackson, Feb, 6 1907.
We, your committee appointed to
draft resolutions of coincidence upon
the death of our beloved campanion.
Annie kojovich, beg leave TO submit
the following: -
Whereas, it has pleased the alI-wise
providence and ruler of all things in
his infinite wisdom to take from ,us
our beloved companion, Annie Kojo-
vich, therefore be 1t resolved,
We do submit with sorrowinc
hearts, to the will of all wiss pro,
violence in the removal and loss our
order has sustained in the death of
our beloved companion, be it further
resolved,
That we deplore the loss sustained
by the husband and family of'our de-
ceased companion, and we hereby
extend to them our deepest sympathy,
be 1T further resolved,
That out of respect to the departed
companion, the charter of Orc Elmo
Circle No. 16l, G. o. f., be draped
in mourning for period of thirty
days, be it further resolved.
fRat these resolutions be, spread
upon the records of the circle, and
that they be published in the local
papers and copy be sent to the
sorTowing husband and family.
Ellen Silva,
Carrie Calvin,
Josephie MeBatti.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Sacramento, Calf,
Feb. 6, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Albert
A. kimball of Volcano, Calf, has
filed notice of his intention to make
final five year proof in support of mis-
claim. viz: Homestead Entry No.
!o30 made Dec. 30, 1900, for the S W
a of N W a Sec, %; N 4 of N E d
and S + a of NJ. E d, Section 80,
Township N, Range 13 E., NJ. D.
M, and that said proof will be made
before the U. S. Commissioner for
Amador at his office on Wednesday
March %, 1907. 81. xis;,s.
Henames the following witnesses. .te
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation or the land, viz:
L. l.. oyce, j. z. Harker, James
loop and q. A.. Sturnaman, all of
Defender, Calf.
JOHN f, ARMS rRONG,
feb. 9. Register.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

s, There has been much adverse COM
ment on the" action of the school
authorities in jackson this week in
dismissing air tho classes for half
day on account of the funeral of an
infant fourteen days old. Not a
syllable should be uttered against the
flow of sympathy iE-cases OF. ,bereave-
ment. But thelfeeling is practically
unanimous that the occasion did not
demand that the educational interests
;pfathe school children should be
sacrificed IN the manner stated.
:E.stinating the pupils III the several
of the jackson school at
400, the stoppage of school for half
day was equal in it's aggregate result
to. shutting off one pupil from
educational privileges for a period of
fully Is months. Weldo not care to
ventllate the financial aspect of this
question, the cost to the taxpayers
by this uncaIleG.fof action. School
teachers owe their first duty to their
SCHOLARS, the taxpayers and the com
munity, and their high calling should
not be thrust aside TO the extent of
bringing the SCHOOL system to a tenn
po1ary standEtill without very weighty
reasons. We do not pretend to say
upon whom rests the responsibility
for this closeup which has brought
the innovation into stronger relief
than ever. lt is time that some steps
were taken to safeguard the school
interests in this direction in future.
What would a stranger, landing here
for the first time on the afternoon
referred, think of the estimate we
place upon :. edpcation Z, upon, findipg,
that the school doors..were :eelosed,
aud the chiIdsen turned Aarift. IN.
stead OF belhs iii theft CLASSES 'ieafns
ing their LESSONS. .-- -''''1
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
New Pension Law.

The new pension act recently passed
by congress and now signed by the
president, provides that persons who
served ninety days, or more, in the
military or naval service of the
United States during the civil war.
or sixty days in the war with Mexico,
shall receive pensions at the rate OF
SI2.O0 per month for those over g.
years of age; 1890 per month for
those over 10 years of age, and $50. 90
per month for those over 75 years of
age. The act also provides that
''such pension shall commence from
the date of the filing of the applica-
tiOn in the bureau of pensions after
the passage and approval of this act :"
Pensioners who are 62 years of age, or
older, who are now receiving less
amount than this act provides for,
shouId apply to the pension bureau
for pension under this act This
should be done as soon as possible In
order to get the benefit of date of
filing. Hi
The bill introduced by A. Caminetti
to make the Amador wagon road from
Pine Grove to Hope valley in Alpine
county state highway, has passed
the senate, aud will no doubt run
through the lower house. 1t simply
places this county on an equal foot
ing with Ell Dorado and Iuolumne
counties, each of which has road
across the mountains maintained by
the state. We do not believe in the
general application of the principle
of state highways. The system
carried to its ultimation would prove
far more costly and less efficient than
the existing system, which is, and has
been for many years, an abomination.
Nevertheless IL EI Dorado and Tuo-
lumne counties are privileged in this
way, We see no reason why Amador
should not Join procession. a we'll
kept road from Pine Grove across the
WOulO OO W I0dS6
tourist travel through Amador county.
1t Is hoped the bill will be passed
and approved by the governor.
Is there no law to stop this busi-
ness of sending hired emissaries
through the country, endeavoring to
influence the course of Justice in Il
pending trial. If an individual were
to call meeting in jackson for the
purpose of creating a prejudice in
the public mind either for or against
a defendant in trial pending in a
local court, he would be ap. to be
cited to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt of
court. Such agitation would be
liable to land him behind prison
bars. and very properly so. Why this
procedure should be permitted with
out judicial interference when back
ed by strong organization is incon
ceigabIe. What are we coming to
when a crusade to impede the courts
of justice IN distant state is toler-
ated.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Election OFFICERS. &

A movement is under way, in the
interests of public economy, to have
the number OF election officers re-
duced in counties like Ell Dorado.
and every where outside of the large
cities, where it is possible that more
may be required a few years ago
there were seven men on board
half the number of voters found in
many little precincts. Now, there are
five 1t is very evident to spractical
people familiar with the conditions
n'country districts throughout Cali
fornia that three men can do all the
work as honestly and as safely as a
dozen. There is no additional virtue
or. etticienoy : in nun beIs. A law
could be enacted that would be tieXi-
BILE, permitting the supervisors to
name more officers for a large pre-
cinict with several hundred register
ed votes and to provide the small
board for precincts having from
tw6ntg9 to ono fslndren. Under the
old methods, nearly it not quite ali
the registered votes of Lake Valley
prepinet, were on the election boards
Somerset, Newton, VoipanoviIle and
Others were not much different. Any
sehslole ndH regarding Sucn arrange
ments can havef but little Gespeat of
the Intelligence dispayed in public
action. Z s E
Another evil needs correction.
Election officers are paid by the day.
In many instances they have deliber-
ateIy held their. sessions till after
midnight solely to draw two days.
pay. Eheir syIaher- may have Been,
worth it, but there is. a great deal of
wear and tear on mans conscience
when he hasstu'iftil fine, and watch q
clock to pass -the limit.f A hetter
system would he d fixed lee for the
seIvice-a liberal fee, d few com
petent men, and inducement to get a
move on their @work inStead of to
dilIy-dally about it for an extra days
Ytnk Ii
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

United States Land Office at Sacra-
mento, CAL, State of California.
10 whom it mag concern: IN Office
is hereby give that the State of Call
fornia has filed in this office its State
School Indemnity Selection, No. 1884.
a. B. G. D., applying to select as
indemnity the following described
tracts of land, to wit: S Il a of N E
a sec. %, NE a of S W a and S h a
of S W a sec. %, and S VI Il of NE1l
sec. 30, Up. n, K. Il E, Id. Mer.
A copy Of said list by descriptive
subdivisions has been consplcuously
posted in this Office for the inspection
of pei sons interested and the public
generally.
During the sixty days period of
publication of this notice this office
will receive protests or contests as to
any of the tracts applied for, claimed
to be more valuable for mining than
for agricultural purposes.
Dated, Sacramento, California,
November 20, 1906.
JOHN r ARMSTRONG, Register.
WILL A. NEWCUM, Receiver.
Date of first publication December
7, 1906. ~
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

tor the Collection of the Same.
The Boardot, Supervisors of lAmador
county, State of California, do oIdain
|as'tollows:--
Section l. Every person over
twenty-one years of age and under
fifty i've years of age found in any
road district of the efcounty of Anna
dor, state of California, during the
Lime for the collection of road poll
taxes for the year nineteen hundred
and seven, excepting all persons who
were honorably discharged from ser
vices in the army and navy of the
United States any time between the
first day of April. in the year of our
Lord 1861, and the first day of May,
Fin the year of our Lord, 1865, shall
spay to the assessor of Amador county,
or his agent, an annual road poll tax
IN the sum of Two Dollars, lawful
money of the United States, and
levery such person not exempt as
above set forth in any road district of
said Amador county who has not paid
the same in some other district must
pay the said amount of road poll tax
sofIeyied.
h, And said assessor is hereby author
lied and empowered to collect said
road poll tax in accordance with the
'provisions of Section 1862 of the
Political Code of the State of Cali
fornia, and is hereby granted aIIsthe
powers and authority to pursue all
remedies that are provided by law
for the collection of state poll taxes.
|, Sectian 2. Ibis ordinance before
taking.effect shall be published, in the
Amador Ledger, a weekly newspaper
published and printed in said county
aof Amador, and shall take effect and
lbe in force on and after the first day
Of Mach. 1897. -
Passed and approved by the board
of supervisors of the county of ANA
dor, state of California, this 4th day
Of February, 1901, by the following
vote. go - 'HN
ra Ayes Supervisors John Strohm,
7A> Grilio, l.. Burke, W. M. Amiuk.
Observation-Disclosures.
W. NJ. AMICK,
Chairman of said Board of Super
visprs. .e ~
Attest: J. K. Huberty, clerk of
I Endorsed) Filed February 4th,
1907. j. K. Huberty, clerk. l,}5
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Notice
To Taxpayers.
ONCE of the Tax Collector
County of Amador, State Of California.


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
~ taxpayers OF Amador county. that l. IT. X
NORMAN, Tax Collector of Amador county
did on the Sth day of October 1906 receive
from the County Auditor of Amador county the
origlnai assessment books for the year 1906,
containing list of the persons assessed for
real ana personal property and the amount OF
State and County taxes que thereon for said,
year,
That said taxes are now due and PAYABLE tn
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 pronertv CO.
cured by real property, and one half Of the
taxes on all real property were due and PAYABLE
on the second Monday in October, 1906 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
aouea aGs 10 the amount thereof, and if said one
nal1 9e not paid before the last Monday in
April hext, at O'Clock p. m. an additional five
per cent will be added thereto
That the remaining one-half of the taxes on
III real property viii be payable on and after
the hrsL Monday IN January next, and will be
delinquent on the last Monday in April next
thereafter, at 6 O'Clock p. M, and that unless
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, 1906
First instalment, one half real estate and all
personal property, delinquent November 26th
1906, at O'Clock D. m
Second instalment, one-half real estate. due
January 7th 1907 :.
Second instalment, one half real estate. de-
lfnque7t April 2ath: 1907 at 6 O'Clock p, m -,
All the taxes may be paid in full at the etime
the first installmeut is due
Taxes not paid according to law will be de-
llnquent, and 10 per cent and 5 per cent and
other costs will be added thereto.
Positively no Checks received for the pay
ment of taxes,
.,.t T. K. NORMAN, ,,.
Tax COLLECTOR of Amadnr cnnntr
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
DIED.

SANGUIN Eppl.-- At Middle Bar,
February t3; 1901, Victor Sangui-
netti, aged 20 years, native of
. California. ,a
BqRkE-In Plymouth, February Il,
1907. Mrs NJ. Burke, widow of the
late Domlniek Burke, nativei OF
Ireland, aged 10 years, 2
LUCOI-In jackson, February IL,
1907, ,infant .son OF Mr. and Mrs
George LueRt, aged IA days. ~.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
PosrpoNEMENr OF SALE

Pursuant to: resolution of Ithe Board of
directors OF the Jose Gulch Mining Company
T. 1907, at the Office of the Company the sale Of
The above delinquent stock has been pos tponed
until Monday, March a., 1907. ut II o'clock a. m ,
al which time, If payment is not made before
the said delinquent took will be sod by the
undersigned, at the place above named to pay
tine delinquent assessment thereon together
with the costs OF adyertisinga and expenses Of
- nd. p iEITTLE.
Secretary of lhe Jose Gulcn Mining Com
pany. Onice 1T Butte Basin, (Jackson post,
offcel, Amador County, California
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
MARRIED..

~o-o-o-o-~~~-o-~|o-~oo~-~~---
PROCTOR R-SOLARI-tn Sutter Creek,
February u, 1907, by Rev. Father
Dermody, Wilfred e. Proctor to
Miss Louisa Q. Solari, both of
Sutter Greek,
MOLFlNO-ONETO-ln jackson, Feb.
II. 1907, by Superior Judge r. G.
Rust, Lorenzo S. MoI6no to Mary
". Oneto, both of jackson.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Removal Notice.

lOn and after the lst of February
the butcherinS business heretofore
conducted by ID: Mattley at the Forth,
end of Main street, will be moved to
the premises heretofore occupied by
Eudoy and Marie, next to the post
office.
te. <,f<- d. MATTLB,Y.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
A Guaranteed t,ure for PILES.

Itching, blind, bleeding, protruding
piles. Druggists are authorized to
refund money, if Pazo Ointment fails
to euro in 6 to IA davs SOC.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

:, sNatice.7There are delinquent upon the fol-
lowing described stock. on account Of assess
nent levied on the 3rd day of December 1906
ofthe respective shareholders, as follows
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Notice of Delinquent Sale

OF the Jose Gulch Mining Company q corpora
lion organized under the laws of the state of
California. having its office and principal
place OF business at Butte Basin, Amador
county, California, and having. it's works and
property at the same place
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
no Cnre a cold In one Dag

Take Laxative Bromo QuiLihe IaEe
let's. All druggists .Eefnpd the. money,
if it,fajls to cure. h. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

= For Rent-rwo front rooms in the
Webb hall building, suitable for
offices. Apply at Ledger office.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

A LII kinds of Blanks for U, s. Land Filings
II Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
lpity be had at the Ledger Office; also deeds
mortgages. mining locations. proof of labor
aed6the legal blanks kept for saiejtnsf ~
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, or
5centS per line for less than one month
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
Ordinance No. 129

- An Ordinance imposing Road Poll
.iaX7in the County of Amador, State
of California, for the Year Nineteen
Hundred and Seven, and Providing
tor the Collection of the Same.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15

A bill is before the legislature
which ought to commend itself to
every taxpayer, and as result,
should receive the support OF every
lawmaker. regardless of party. II
seeks to reform the road system, by
taking the control out. of the hands
of the supervisors, and returning to
the old-time plan of small districts,
with Ioadmasters for each district,
elected by the voters of the respective e
districts. This is a move toward a
genuine reform. The trouble with
the system years back was that the
supervisors IN their desire to cut
down the tax levy, would never give
the road overseers enough money to
accomplish anything. They starved
the roads by false economy. Under
the present system the tendency is to
a heavy In some cases a needlessIy
heavy rate-without any correspond
ing improvement of the roads. The
supervisors should have nothing more
than a supervisory authority over the
road claims. The business of en-
ploy1ng men to work the roads, and
the ordering of supplies should never
be in the hands of the same body
that audits the claims. That the pres
ent bad method of road working has
lived so long is surprising. 1t has
nothing to recommend it. 1t is bad
from every possible view point. If
the legislature will replace it by a
more business like sytsem, it will
atone in measure at least for its
many shortcomings in the waste of
public money.
Amador ledger., 1907-02-15
BORN.

-~~oo~~~oo-o-oo~--~o
CH1NN-In jackson, February IA,
1907, to the wife of Caleb Chinn, a
daughter. -
LASWELL--ln Sacramento, February
6, 1907. to the wife of Henry W.
Laswell,' "a daughter.