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Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
Summons.

In the Superior Court of the state
of California, in and for Amador
county.
Adelaide Laity plaintiff VS.. James
j. Laity defendant.
Action brought in the superior
court of the state of California. in
and for Amador county, and the
complaint filed in the office of the
clerk of said Amador county.
The people of the state of Cali
tornia send greeting to James j. Laity
defendant.
You are hereby directed to appear
and answer the complaint in an
action entitled as above, brought
against you in the superior court of
the state of California, in and for
Amador county, within ten days
after the service on you of this sum
mons-i il served within this county :;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that,
unless the defendant so appears and
answers, the plaintiff will take judg-
ment for any money or damages de-
manded in the complaint as arising
upon contract, or will apply to the
court for any other Ieliet demanded
in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
California, in and for Amador county,
this 18th day of January A. ID. 1908.
'(seaD j. X. HUBERTY, Clerk.
VIM. q. Snyder,
Attorney tor plaintiff.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
Notice of Assessment.

Valparaiso Gold Mining Company.
Location of works Jackson Mining
district, Anlador county, California.
Location OF principal place of bnsi-
ness Jackson, Amador county, Cali
fornia.
Notice is hereby given that, at q
regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Valparaiso Gold
Mining Company, held on the 5th
day of February, 1903, an assessment
(No. y of one (lc) cent per share
was levied on the subscribed capital
stock of the corporation, payable
Immediately in lawful money of the
United States, to the secretary at the
office of the company, at the store of
VIM. lam, Main street, Jackson,
Amador county, California
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the 18th
day of March, 1908, will be delinquent
and Will be advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment
is made before. will be sold on Satur
day, March %, 1903, to pay the delin-
quent assessment together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
WILLIAM lam,
Secretary of said Valparaiso Gold
Mining Company.
Office of Company, Main street,
Jackson, Amador county. California.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14

The little man on the bench eyed
the two like tiger would its prey.
lie was motionless as a statue. The
Portuguese approached within few
PAGES of the man when he halted and
said in a withering, tautalizing tone
"Are you the little ---- that says
there is not a man in California that
can whip you to death?"
Yes sir" he answered at the same
time springing so his feet with the
agility of an acrobat and driving a
dagger full into the Portuguese
heart. With tightening like rapidty
he withdrew the knife when the warm
blood followed it with a squirt. Tbe
Portuguese stepped only a step back
ward then two onward and fell upon
his hand aud knees dead upon the
floor.
The man with the knife whirred
like a cat and struck the woman with
the fat side of the knife, leaving the
blade marked in blood across her
cheek. With cry of horror she fed.
The man wiped the blood from the
knife and replaced it in the soabbard
at his side. The crowd stood spell
bound with horror, but uttered not a
word. He walked deliberately to
where his coat lay, put 1T on and
stepped out upon the street. His
horse stood hitched to post under
she'd Taking his spurs from the
horn of the saddle, he put them on
his feet, mounted and rode out into
the half mellow light that burst
through the clouds sent forth by the
round full moon behind them.
Whittier he went not one knew, for
he never was captured.
Giddy Dick.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
Notice of Assessment.

Oleta Gravel Mining Go. Location
of principal place of business, Oak
land, California, and office of the
company at Room, No. 24y Bacon
Building, Oakland, California. I4oca-
tion OF works, Amador county, Cali
fornia.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors
held on the 2Sth day of January, 1908.
an assessment (No2.) of one-half
US) of one ~ per cent per share
was levied upon the capital stock of
the corporation, payable Immediately
in lawful money of the United States
to the secretary of the company at
the office of the company, Room 249
Bacon Building, Oakland, California.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the 9th
day OF March, 1908, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at
public auction and unless payment
is made before, will be sold on DON
day the 9th day of April, 1908, to pay
the delinquent assessment together
with the costs of advertising an eX-
penses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
X. b. s. YORK.
Secretary of said Oleta Gravel Min
ing Co.
Office of company, Room 249 Bacon
Building, Oakland, California.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
Timber Land Act June 8, 1873
Notice for Publication. 2l49

United States Land Office, Sacra-
mento, Calf. Dec. 4, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions Of the act
of Congress of June 3, 1879, entitled
San act for the sale of timber lands
in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada. and Washington Territory, ="
as extended to all the Public Land
States by act of August A, 1892, John
Carver, of Pine Grove, county of
Amador, State tor Territory of Cali
fornia, has this day filed in this office
his sworn statement, No. 2l49, for the
purchase of the SW d of NV ID, of
Section No. ", in Township No. 8
N, Range No. IA r., M. ID. M, and
will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its tim
Der or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim
to said land before the U. S. Com
missioner for Amador county, at his
office in jackson, Calf, Monday, the
18th day OF Feb. A., 1908.
lie names as witnesses: Il. w.
Jones, Frank Primo, B. Henson and
w. j. Davis all of Pine Grove, Calf
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the above described lands are
requested 10 file their claims in this
office on or before said 18th day of
Feb. 1908.
JOHN T.. ARMSTRONG, register.
Not coal land.
First publication Dec. 6, 1907.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
Applications for Grazing Permits.

Notice is hereby given that all
applications for permits to Craze
cattle, horses and sheep within the
during the season of 1908, must be
on or before March 10, 1908. Full
information in regard to the grazing
fees to be charged aud blank forms
to he used in making application will
be furnished upon request.
S. j. FLlNTHAM.
ia 17-4t Acting Supervisor
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
School AppOrtiOnment
jackson. Cal. Feb. t1th. ,Os

Jackson Cal, Feb, 1lth, 'OS
To the Boards OF Trustees of Amador Co.
Ladies and Gentlemen-F Following is a report
Of the second apportionment of county money
for the public schools Of Amador County, for
the school year commencing July 1st, 'O7
The County Auditor reports to me that there
is 1886 q available for apportionment To this
sum has been added s5252, the balance remain
ing in the unapportioned county fund, which
gave q total Of S75SS.73 and of this amount
apportloned $730l7O, leaving balance of s47 .O3.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14

alllnR, he continued about his duties
until about week ago, when he began
to fail, consenting only last Satur-
day to be taken to the sanitarium.
He was born here in this town Al
years ago, and here he grew to man
hood, following the occupation of
miner and prospector, being we'll
known throughout the county. Ever
genial and good fellow, he made
many friends. lie was the third of
ten brothers, eight of whom are left
to mourn. The eldest brother,
Antoine, preceding him to the grave
about five years ago. The funeral
was held from the residence of his
brother, William Bernardis, Wednes-
day afternoon, services al the Catholic
church. The remains were inferred
in the Catholic cemetery beside his
parents deceased, many years ago.
There were many floral offerings, and
a very large concourse OF friends,
showing the respect in which the
deceased was held. s+,
IL. Malloch, president of the South
Eureka Mining Co.. is here. The
company are joyful on account of an
important strike in the 2600 foot
level, north drift, the same chute
of ore struck in the foot wall of the
$500 foot level sometime previous.
Morris Brinn came up from San
Francisco Monday evening.
Rev. Brun was here last Friday,
visiting the ladies Episcopal guild.
William Nourse is confined to his
home at j. Stribley's, very i'll. DIR.
Fireman of Amador City, is in at
tendance.
The friends of Milton Fournier, are
wondering why it is he comes here so
often from jackson. BE it rain or
shine Milton is here with a most
happy countsnance, and the little
twinkle in his eye. Sutterite.
Amador ledger., 1908-02-14
SUFFER- CREEK.
February 6.

FeDruary D.
The officers of Unity Hive No. AZ,
ladies of the Maccabees were duly in
stalled last Wednesday night by past
record keeper, Belle @. Simmons,
The Sir Knights of the Maocabees
were present and a number OF invited
guests, the Installing officer was ably
assisted by Miss Amy Pharis as grand
mistress at arms, and the guards, Il,
Trenaman, V. Profumo, L.. Mugford,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21

The editor OF Tia. Portageville
Critic made an overland visit to
New Madrid one day last week,
and speaking of the general crop
conditions in our sister county
says: "The early corn is quite
good and safe, while there Is
much of the July planting that
will not mature unless there is no
late frost. Taking our section as
o whole, we do not believe the
condition were ever as favorable.
There will be plenty of hog and
fiominy, and thousands OF dollarH
from the yield Of cotton"
A mad dog passed through
town one night last week and
created great havoc among the
dogs belonging to the farmers
westof town. The dog Is said to
have started from Fruitland. He
arrived in Perryville the next
morning, thirty-one miles from
the starting point, where he was
captured by two small boys who
removed his COLLAR before they
discovered that the dog was mao,
Th { dog was killed IN Perryville.
In1iooff.r
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21

seed Of stravberry-ali these
things bringing prices Of the
natural products which they purs
ported to be.
Many so-oalled "soft drinkss
were analysed and many were
found to be purely synthetic pro-
ducts. The purely commercial
instincts Of the majority of hand-
lers Of these "pops" is well illus-
trsted by manufactures who, in
discussing these drinks he was
manufacturing in large quaniti-
ties, when asked whether In his
opinion the article he was
putting on to the market was in-
furious, replied; "Why, / am
no physician, but have sufficient
knowledge Of most of the ingre-
dents in these articles that l
would not think Of permitting
any of my children to drink
them" When asked II other
peoples children were not as
dear to them as were his TO him,
he replied: eyes, fully under-
stand that, but you know Mr..
-, this is a fight b get the dol-.
lar"
The articles receiving the
greatest amount Of attention,
during the year were vinegar.
oleomargarine, butter. extracts.
flour, edible oils, continental
stock foods and wheat bran.
Hundreds of sacks of -four were,
weighed in all parts Of the state
and many were found to be short
in weight from a quarter Of q
pound to four pounds. A han
was put upon the short weight
business by a pointed letter to the
offenders and by bulletins 10 the
retailers, calling attention to the
faot Of the fraud practised on
them,
Part iii Of the report Is devot-
ed to, economic questions. The
subject Of tuberculosis is taken,
up and interesting matter given
based on a study of the. subject
by such authorities as, DR..
Luckey, DR.. Van Es, DR.. Gonna.
way, DR.. Russell and Or. schroe-.
der. Other questions Of close res
lation to the dairy industry are
discussed by Commissioners
Washburn.
Part III has as its topic "Barr /,
Plans an Convenienees," being.
in the nature Of a bulletin, and
will be of much value and inter.
est to the general farmer not
only Of Missouri, but of any
state. Nine plans are given,
which include barn plans for
farm use, 2; dairy stock FARMS
/; dairy stock use, 8; sanitary
dairy barn, 1. This latter is the
complete plan Of DR.. George c.
Moshe's sanitary barn ct Hill
crest Farm, Greenwood, No., one
Of the finest barns in the central
West.
The report is well illustrated
with several cuts on dairy and
food subjects, the frontispieca
giving q fine presentation Of the
commissioner, his deputy and
the inspectors.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21

Of society by aiding in the en-.
forcement Of all laws and ordi'
nances regulating the sale oi
liquor. This is indeed a new
departure and the liquor dealers
must think the end of the worlG
is athand. The idea of the mer
who make drunkards and pro-
mote crime and misery, carrying
out such declarations is as redi.
culous as it would be for the de-
vii to promote Christianity
Courier.
Sikeston has nearly secured
waterworks an ordinance will be
submitted to the next council
meeting. The proposition pre-
sented, as we understand it is
that the Sikeston, Ice, Light 4
Power Co., will install sufficient
wells, pumping machinery and
pipe the city, and put in fire
plugs, at their own expense. The
city is to enter into a contract
with them to take 30 two and one
half inch fire plugs for S2400 per
year. Each plug is to supply two
Zines of hose of 2 1-2 inch dia-
meter. Other plugs can be add
ed on order Of the city at q cost
of $500 per month.
Dunklin county will watch, with
interest, the experiments Of Pemi-
scot county with Siliois in road
building. That county has or.
dered $1,000 worth. If that
material is as good for road
building as it is recommended to
be BY jackson, Tennessee, and
other places, it is the stuff Dun
kiln county wants. A company
composed Of R. E. L. Wilson, Of
Wilson, Ark, H. G. schult, OF
Charlottesville, and others, own
a silica quarry in Perry county,
on the Frisco railroad, and they
expects to handle the out put in
large quantities. DEM
ocrat.
Most people claim there is
nothing in dreaming, but you can
never make Mrs. James Craft Of
Poplar Bluff think different. Re-
Gently she dreamed that her
young son would be dead or bad
ly injured thenext time she saw
him. Shortly after seven o'clock
Friday morning of last week a
section hand found the young
man laying beside the Iron
Mountain railroad track in the
outskirts Of the Bluff badly in
iured. 1t is thought he had met
with foul play, and his recovery
is doubtful.
David q. Lovelace, a young
man who had been q resident Of
Piedmont fnr several months be-
ing proprietor Of q pool room
there for a portion of that time,
has disappeared, leaving behind
him notes to aggregate OF $500
or more which are said to be
forgeries. 1t is stated that Love-
lace after his departure wrote .
letter from New York to q rela-
tive at Brunot saying that he
was leaving the country for
Paris, France and that the rea.
son would appear latar.
Last Sunday T. c. Erskine
Bfennecks and Lay Kain took a
long swim in the Mississippi.
They started in at the power
house ct the water and light
plant and in less than one hour
they landed on the Illinois shore
|five miles south Of this city.
The trip was easy TO them.
They returned home fresh and
cheerful late 10 the evening ~.
Cape Democrat.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21

posed TO admit of trains running
at 9 speed Of about so miles al
hoar. Mr.. Wilson's new instruc'
tons provide for an elevation o.
one and three quarter inches, ant
it Il estimated that q fast trair
like No. 7 could take curve sc
Ielesated at a speed Of seventy h
Ininety miles per hour. A tie
; lgang is operating ahead Of Viii.
sons crew, and there are eyi.
ldenses that the road intends tc
put the track in tip top shape.
[ AT about day-break Wednes-
[day morning fire started in the
fdrug store of DR.. Charlie Dace
land burned his office also, going
from there to the Henry Lusk
} house consuming all that side of
; town, taking DR.. Hoggue's cffice
and Mr.. Nappers place of busi-
ness. The entire loss will
Iamount to ten thousand dollars,
with only five hundred dollars in
surance, Holcomb is one of the
best business places in the coun-
ty and has fine farming section
around it. The burn up will help
make the town better for all
parties will build brick buildings
and open new business for these
people all hustle. .-Dunklin
| Herald.
Henry Davis and John Martin,
two hobos, broke into the resi-
dence Of George Jsrbo at Birds
Mill during the absence of the
family and stole several articles
Of jewelry and other valuables.
Mr.. Jarbo returned home just as
they were taking their departure.
He turned them over to the dep
nty sheriff, who landed them
in jail. They are both young
white men, big and robust enough
to earn an honest living instead
of committing burglary. They
Twill, no doubt, serve the state q
term of years at hard manual la
Dor, r,--Charleston Courier.
| Cashier Zimmerman, Of the
Bank at Clarkton, said, this week
while here, that it appeared tc
him that the cantelope industry
was to be as great a business
Eventually, as the watermelon
trade, for Dunklin county. The
/ 80 car loads Of that have bee n
shipped from Ciarkton and Mo-
CURE, up to last Saturday, had
yielded an average Of $3.50 q car.
The growers seem to have mast
cred the details of growing good
melons, and the quality was,
after all, the best advertisement,
I-Dunklin Democrat.
The business men Of Poplar
Bluff are taking part in the play
school at that place. Every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings are set apart for them
and a thorough course Of in
structions are given them by the
teachers Of athletics and physical
culture. Those who have entered
Into the sport say they find q
wonderful change in their ply
sical condition and feel improv-
ed in every way,
| In all about 40 loads OF water
melons have been shipped from
this district. The price has
ranged from S75 to s125 per car.
7 Is estimated that the entire
county will not ship more than
500 oars, 1t shipped 400. one
year, Cantalopes however, are
making up part Of the dsfioien-
cy. By next year, 1t is likely
that this county will deal in them
tmore extensively.
Perry county has selected Au-
gust II as "Good Roads Day.
All road overseers have signifed
their willingness to serve one day
J free az oyerseer for general road
work ID each district. The work
4 4
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21
sssseesAsAsassssssssAAs&s
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from xchanges--M bythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi- =.
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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Howell county has formed 9
Farmers Union Creamery Co.
Clarkton has began shipping
car loads of eantalopes, returni
so far indicate 81 a crate.
W. E. Moore of Campbell ha;
the contract for the $4,000 brick
school house at Maiden.
It is suggested that the Masonf
of Sikeston build a temple on the
Bite offered the city by G. D.
Mathews. S
Clarkton thinks she has 65 pei
cent of a normal cantalope crop
75 of watermelon, 85 Of corn and
90of cotton.
Stoddard County Court will
be again petitioned' to order a
vote on the proposition to move
the county seat to Dexter.
They are getting ready for the
melon trade at Morley, only lO2
bars were received and shipped
but of that station by the Frisco
last week.
A physician who lives not very
far away from Camden is send.
ing around o circular to pros
pective patients in which he
States: ~ WIN pay one-half the
funeral expenses where | am aot
successful" 'o "''>' ~
Young men in Fayette are the
right sort. A chap named Fields
irom Mexico Is coprting one Of
the Fayatee girls and her home
hdmirers say generously that If
she Is looking for new fields to
tonquer itis alright with them,
The editor Of the Optic News,
speaking as one who knows,
Bays: "There are two reasons
why country newspaper men do
not buy automobiles. One is
that nearly every news.
paper man has a gasoline engine
which affords, all the extra ex-
citement his system demands.
You may have one guess ct the
other reason.
The editor of the Auxvasse Re.
view inclines to the simple life
and his idea of "happiness un.
confined, let the dance go on. Is
the man who owns forty acres OF
land in the hills, don't owe a cent,
has a wife and seven children,
Ave good coon dogs, a sorrel
team OF mules, q shotgun, forty
seven miles from a railroad and
fight on agood stream of fish.
Six men, two Of whom were
under age, were arrested Sunday
il the Monson cemetery where
they were engaged in q
game of'poker. One charge was
lodged against them Of playing
oards for money and playing with
minors without the consent Of
the parents and another Of play.
Ing cards on Sunday. They
were bound over In the sum Of
$500 each for trial on the tlth Of
August.
II the Huntsville Herald knows
Of what 1t is talking, and It gem
orally does the town has some
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-21

an ordinance mating q o fine o.
ten dollars If c6apI1)a Of riding
bicycles on TN zlds@alks.
The postoffics " Cape Girar-
deau has been moved into the
ew Himmelberger- Harrison
building, the home of the South.
east Missouri Trust Company.
During ans electrical storm,
which preceded a rain, Thursday
Of last week lightning struck .
school house near Essex. SchooI
was in session at the time, and
the building was filed with pu-
pills, but fortunately none were
hurt.
All that noise you hear rever-
berating in the distance like
thunder in the mountains, Is q
good sign. Don't get scared,
Bryan has been elected and the
boys are fighting over the post
offices. Don't it sound good?
-Farber Forum.
A very valuable deposite of
fire clay of great extent was un.
covered by the graders on the
Valley Ridge hill on the property
of c. M. Edwards. 1t is pro-
nounced OF extra fine quality by
those who know, and it will make
Mr.. Edwards rich If he will start
a factory for the manufacture Of
fire brick, etc.--Malden News.
Eric Poole, postmaster at Card
well, was arrested August 7, by
Deputy United States Marshal
Wild and was taken to Poplar
Bluff for a hearing before United
States Commissioners Foard. A
shortage Of $500 was reported in
his accounts by F.ostoiiiCe IN
spectors Patterson and Howe
after an examination of his
books.
s. T. Edwards has q page
from an old ledger that his father
kept in 1880, that he prizes very
highly. The ledger was used in
the mercantile business in Ten.
nessee. and the ink was spread
with the old fashioned quill.
Several interesting items appear
on the page, among which we
noticed salt at $3.50 per barrel,
and whiskey at 900 q gallon,
My, wouldn't some ofour present
day lippers have a glorious time
IL the last item was as accessible
as in the early 80's.-East Prai-
rie Eagle.
J. +. Mitchim, the former
Southeast Missouri newspaper
man who is under indictment in
Texas for killing Monroe M. Har-
rol, a former employee, was in
dicted recently on six counts on
the charge Of criminal libel.
Mitchim now edits the Ell Paso
Evening News and the indict-
ments and the killing OF Harroll
followed his criticism Of tn e
county and the city administra-
tions. The grand jury said that
Mitchim nad libeIIed the four
county commissioners and the
mayor. --sikeston Hornet.
Piedmont Banner: The Iron
Mountain railroad company is
having its track resurfaced at
many points along the line, and
is paying particular attention to
curves with a view TO making
greater speed possible for the
passenger trains. It has been
announced that fast mail train
No. Z viii soon be put ON q much
faster schedule and that the 9TH
er passenger trains viii also be
speeded up. In order to make
these plans feasible 1t is propos-
ed to raise the rail grade at
curves, As . fast running train
must have q properly surfaced
track In order TO take . sharp
curve in safety. Green Wilson,
&, u Az .ll r,t.s.sl