Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-09-20
From Our Exchanges

Ing the rural delivery between thi
place and the upper country for the
past year. quit his job Sunday last
and postmaster Peek has appointed
z. <. Davis temporarily carrier pend
ing the examination that is to be held
in this place to-day Saturday to ill
the place made vacant by the resippa.
ton of Mr. Leavitt. The salary al
present paid the carrier is SIS per
month, which compensation is not
adequate for the labor performed,
when it is taken into consideration
that he has to travel thirty-two miles
per day over rough mountain road
and cross streams in winter at the
risk of his life.-Mok. Chronicle.
A man by the name of CoggswelI.
claiming to be an old prospector and
Los Angeles as his home, came to
town Friday night and registered at
the Leger hotel. He stayed in town
all day Saturday and slept in the
hotel Saturday night. Early Sunday
morning he started to walk to West
Point leaving his baggage in the
hotel. About two O'Clock in the
afternoon of the same day he was seen
IN the vicinity of the old North Star
boarding house in Happy valley,
which is about a mile from this
place. About an hour after he was
seen a fire broke out IN that vicinity.
and which Coggswell admitted he
started, but said it was accidentally.
Monday afternoon he was seen at the
Easy Bird mine near the Mokelumne
river, and this time in a nude condi-
ton. tuesday afternoon he was dis
covered near the Middle Bar bridge,
which Is about five miles down the
river from the Easy Bird mine, with
out any coat, his pants badly torn and
an old dirty straw hat on his head.
Lonnie Wickham, the mail carrier
between this point and the Gwin mine,
came along on his up trip and took
the man in his cart and brought him
to town. The proper authorities we're
notified, and Tuesday evening con-
stable Ratio took the unfortunate
man to San Andreas where he is at
present confined in the Detention
hospital to await further develop
ments as regards his mental condI-
ton. -Mok. Chronicle.
The lone Union High School began
its work for the present school year
last week with three new teachers, all
Of whom come very highly recon-
nended. These teachers express their
pleasure in finding both the school
and its environments of so promising
character. Fifty-six pupils are now
eight of whom expect to be
graduated next June. Other pupils
are expected within a few days.
seven of the pupils are from jackson,
one from Kennedy Flat, three are
rom Sutter Creek, one is from Martell
and one from jackson Valley. or the
pupils enrolled forty three reside
within the district. Of the total en-
'olled thirty are young women and
iwenty six are young men. The re-
atively large number of the latter, as
with other high schools, is
very encouraging. The student body
net on Tuesday evening and elected
The following officers. Ralph McGee
president, Florence Gordon vice pre-
'ident, K. Whitney Rust secretary,
Larkin Carpenter treasurer, Maurice
loses basket ball manager Echo.
Will A. Dover, the attorney for the
mineral claimants, who about two
years ago contested the claims of
several timber applicants to certain
lands situated along the Licking Fork
of the Mokelumne river near West
Point, has been notified that the de-
partment of the interior has affirmed
the decision OF Sacramento land
office, and of the general land office,
in which it was held that the land in
dispute was mineral IN character, and
awarded the same to the mineral
j. l.. Haley, W. w. Cook
and D. j. Houston the owners of the
mining claims, involved in the con-
test had held and worked their claims
for number of years when Howard
b. Land, A. +. Martel and several
other persons located timber claims,
covering the mining locations. 1t
was commended by the mineral claim
ants, that the timber claimants were
not acting in good faith IN making
their timber filings, but that they
were seeking to obtain title to the
land in the interest of the Sierra
Nevada Power and Water Company,
for reservoir site, as part of the
project to store the waters of the
Mokelumne river and convey the
same to the bay cities. Under the
decision Of the department of the
interior, which is the tribunal of last
resort of the land department. of the
government, 1t will be necessary for
the timber applicants to segregate the
mining claims from the land embrace
ed in their entries before they can
secure government title to the remain
ing portions of their timber entries.
-Mok. Chronicle.
G. Ii. MoKenney was in lone on
thursday afternoon, announcing him