Amador ledger., 1908-05-15
Clipped from our Exchanges
From Nearby Counties.


This lady is the widow of Win.
Schowerer who was member of the
Murphys Lodge of Workmen, and she
received upon this occasion, her draft
on that Institution for the sum Of
$4,000 as a beneficiary on the death of
her husband as above stated. This
order has paid out many thousands Of
dollars in this town during the past
twenty years. It's work and ordinary
prompt payments are to be highly
commended. Prospect.
j. II. p. Miller came in last night
with the mail from Tallac, Lake Val
ley and way points on this side of the
summit. lie left here Wednesday,
going by team to Strawberry. There
he left his rig and made his way over
the summit into Lake Valley on
horseback. At 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning he left Tallac with tho mail
pouch and reached Placervllle last
night. 1t will be couple of weeks
yet at least before he will attempt to
get over with a team, bat regular
trips will be made between this point
and the lake twice week, the con-
tract requiring that the service begin
May lst each year. Nugget.
The boys band from the Masonic
Widows and Orphans home at Decoto,
will make short trip through ANA
dor and Calaveras counties early in
June Most OF our people will recall
the visit Of the boys to San Andreas
some four years ago, and the delight
iul concert they gave. The boys
captured all hearts at that time, and
are sure of a royal welcome this time.
They will be here on June 18th. The
band has with it, Dibben's orchestra
of San Francisco, one Of the finest in
the state, which will play for the
dance after the concert is over. Tbe
boys will take a trip up to Volcano,
as a part of their Amador trip, ap-
pearing there June 9th, and have
been promised a rousinR reception by
the people of the tall timber section.
Prospect.
Geo. Fitch, driver of the jackson
Brewery wagon, had an upset IN this
place Monday last. Geo. was on his
way to Angels with a six-horse load
of beer and when about half way up
the Church street grade one OF his
animals baked. George swore, used
the buckskin and tried numerous
ways to get the balky beast to pull,
but it would not 60. Finally he con-
cIuded to pull the wagon down to the
bottom Of the grade where the ground
was level and take fresh start and
in doing so he cTamped the wagon
and upset. George procured some
help and got his wagon righted up
and on taking account of stock found
that he was only minus couple of
cases of beer. George reloaded his
wagon and started for Angels where
he arrived without any further mis-
hap. -Mok. Hill Chronicle.
In the yield of the EsperanZa
Gravel Channel which is located in
the Mokelumne river mining district,
about three miles from this place and
is owned by s. L. Davidson and
worked under a lease by the McSorley
Bros, we are again reminded of the
early days of California. 1t is less
than three months since the gravel
deposit was first encountered, during
which time there has never been more
than three men at work, and the yield
at present has reached the $50, 900
mark. Operations are at present con-
fined to running along the center of
the main channel in order to find the
length of the deposit and when this
is determined cross cutting will be
resorted to in order to find the width.
More men will then be employed and
the work of breasting back COM
menced, taking all in sight
Chronicle.
Miss ldel Parsons, the teacher of
the Washington school, had rather
unpleasant and somewhat dangerous
experience last Sunday. She was re-
turning on horseback from her home
in Murphys to her school, when on
crossing O'NeIl's creek, she exper-
fenced the trouble. The bed of the
creek at the crossing had become fill
ed with debris from the mines above
forming a dangerous quicksand over
which the water flowed smoothly. No
sooner had her horse entered the
stream than he sank in the mud over