Amador ledger., 1908-01-17

nearly done, they see the end of their
means of sustenance, and an effort
has been made to have them classified
by executive order, so that they can
be appointed to positions where va
cancIes occur, without the usual ex
animation. Petitions we're prepared
and circulated in the senate and
house and received many signatures,
and would have had four or five
times as many, had not the holiday
recess occurred. The paper was pre-
sented to the president and senator
Perkins with a strong letter The
president made answer that he would
not take the action requested, al
though he has exercised his power
in favor of other persons who have
been covered into the civil service
without examination on the personal
solicitation of officials. lie has been
asked to reconsider the case, and If
he persists in his refusal there will be-
thrown out of the service sixty two
trained clerks, who for nearly two
years have done important work, but
who will have no chance for appoint
ment to another place until they have
passed an examination, and will then
be preceded by applicants entirely
without experience who have already
taken a civil-service examination.
In asking tor reconsideration of the
matter, senator Perkins has brought
to the presidents attention cases in
which clerks have been classified
without examination because of their
previous satisfactory service in tenn
porary positions. There are very
many instances on record where the
president has classified single clerks
and other cases where a dozen or
more have been classified in bunch.
Not only were several hundred census
clerks thus classified, but one hun
dred and sixty-fve employees of the
technologic branch of the geological
survey were brought into the classifi-
ed service by one executive order,
although there we're on the eligible
lists of the civil service comm ission
more than enough names to cover all
stances of the suse of the executive
authority to classify clerks without
examination, it would seem that
there are ample precedents for CLASH
flying the San Francisco young women
who were forced to seek employment
by reason of losses through the great
fire.
The recent report of the geological
survey on the production of precious
stones in 1906 has some information
that may surprise many Califnrnians.
J t shows that the state is quite a pro-
Queer of gems. Even the queen of
them all - the diamond-has been
found there. The survey says that
"many authenticated finds of dia-
monds are on record in Butte county.
Some of these have been found along
Feather river not very far from Orc
vile. The majority have come from
Cherokee Flat, north of Oroville.
Since the presence of diamonds is
we'll established for this part of Cali
fornia, it remains for some one to
locate them in the matrix.' M. j.
Cooney IS now looking for just that
thing, and it is more than probable
that he will find it. lie has dis
covered what he thinks is a "dia |
mond pipe" along the 1west sbank Of
the Feather, north of OIoville, and
the ourcrop is being vigorously pro
spected. The geological survey is
greatly interested in the search, and
has given careful examination to the
formation and earths. Nothing has
been found that should dampen the
ardor of the prospectors
About two miles from Exeter,
Tulare county, california; is found.
1t is of nearly apple green color
aud suitable for small ornaments or
mosaics. Charysoprase is also found
in Tulare county and is being mined
in Porterville by New York com
pany. At the time of examination
there were about three tons of materl
al from which 800 pounds of gems
could be cut, and the rest utilized in
mosaics. Opal veins are also found
in the Coahuila mountain of River
side county, and at Lemon Cove, |
rulare county, and specimens from
this latter locality have attracted |