Amador ledger., 1907-03-15
County High School.

establishment OF q county hlgn scnool.
There should certainly be such
school In Amador county. lone and
surrounding districts now have the
only high school in the county, and
possess a modern and commodious
building. This should be the location
OF one county high school and another
should be located somewhere on the
mother lode near the upper towns OF
jackson, Sutter Greek, Amador City.
Plymouth and DrytoWn. lone Echo.
There can ba but one county high
school. There may be as many dis
trint high schools as there are school
districts. Bat the law provides. for
tha establishment of but one school
maintained by tax upon the pro
perty of the entire county. And no
matter whether the property holders
of one section are bearing the burden
of maintaining a district or union
high school. they would not be
exempt from the tax for the support
of the county high school. We regard
the discussion of the location of the
county high school at this juno
ture as unfortunate. and tendlng
to defeat the success of the movement.
Local jealousies should be kept
down, and must be kept down. IT we
are to have higher educational facifi-
ties than we now have, and this
means no disparagement of the valley
union school. We should be willing
to let the particular location remain
in the background, until favorable
vote has been secured on the sole pro-
position of whether a school of this
character shall be established. That
settled in the affirmative, the differ
ent localities can discuss the best
site for the school to the limit.
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The legislature amended the Law
passed by the legislature of two years
ago, which prohibited saloon within
two miles of the Preston reform
school at lone. This law. strictly
enforced, would have shut out every
saloon and hotel bar in the valley
town. Now the law places the limit
at 1900 feet, which leaves the townsite
untouched. The change is a laudable
one under the circumstances, and
will relieve the tense situation that
has existed IN lone on this question
for the past two years. The act to
disrupt business interests that have
existed in that town from a period
long anterior to the establishment of
the reform school was a. most un-
righteous one. And this opinion is
vouchsafed without any Endorsement
of the saloon business as such.
A large area of land in Calaveras
and Tuolumne counties, temporarily
Withdrawn from entry by the depart
ment pending an Investigation to
determine whether the same should or
should not be permanently included
in the forest reservation, has been
restored to the list of lands subject to
entry under the homestead and timber
acts. It appears that the restoration
does not include any land within the
limits of Amador county. The infer
ence Is that all lands Withdrawn some
two or three years ago situated in
Amador county have been permanently
included in the forest reservation.
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The California legislature adjourn
ed sine die last Tuesday. The law
makers assembled under a cloud,
which has hung over them throughout
the entire session.. .They. have ad-
journed with the t'thank God spirit"
uppermost in the public mind that
the end has been reached. 1t is a
terrible indictment of the average
legislature In these days, that it is
held in disrepute in the light of an
organized band of looters -ander the
color of law. The men who are cup
posed to assemble for the public pro-
lection, and who are paid and EN-
pioyed for that purpose have fallen
so low in public esteem that they
ars suspieioned from start to finish.
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