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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
DRIVER ANTS.
The Way These Ferooious Little In
sects Defy the Freshets.

Ne Ivy AUV FTtSU5ASs
There are certain ants that snow
wonderful intelligence, and the driver
ants not only build boats, but launch
them too. Only these boats are formed
OF their own bodies.
They are called drivers" because of
Their ferocity. Nothing can stand be-
tore the attacks of these little crea-
lures. Large .pythons have been killed
by them In a single night, while chick
ems, lizards and other animals i'm west
ern Africa flee from them in terror.
To protect themselves from the heat
they erect arches, under which numer-
GUS armies of them pass in safety.
Sometimes the arch is made of grass
and earth and is gummed together by
some secretion, and again it Is formed
by the bodies of the larger ants, which
hold themselves together by their
strong nippers while the workers pass
under them.
At certain times of the year freshets
overflow the country inhabited by the
drivers" and it is then that these ants
go to sea. The rain comes suddenly,
and the walls of their houses are
broken in by the flood; but, instead Of
coming to the surface in scattered hun
dreds and being swept off to destruc-
ton, out of the ruins rises a black
ball that rides safely on the water and
drifts away.
At the first warning of danger the
little creatures run together and form
solid body Of ants, the weaker in the
center. Often this ball is larger than
common cricket ball, and in this way
they float about until they lodge
against some tree, upon the branches
of which they are soon safe and sound
-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
No Place to Die.

The soldier of the legion lay dying in
Algiers.
A committee of citizens who want.
ed to boom Algiers as health resort
waited upon him.
1--WE want you to change your head
quarters" announced they. You're
hurting business here" - Plttsburg
Post.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

Reserved Writing - Dust from the
SUM-. Daily Appearance Of Mic
robes. Steering the Diet by Chart.
Safety Under Pressure. Worms as
Tree Planters. go A Mine Testing
Lamp. Improving the Electric Arc
Gas Engine First Aid.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

For Sale-Lot of benches, formerly
used in Webb hall; 6 and 8 feet long;
suitable for show place, churches, etc.
Will be sold cheap; apply at Ledger
office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

"What is the worst thing about rich
esq" asked the teacher Of the Juvenile
class.
Their scarcity" promptly answered
the bright youth at the head.-Chlcago
News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Acknowledgment blanks for nota-
ries, specially printed for Amador
county, may be had at the Ledger
office. Price SOC per packet of 80.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G.. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district ........ VIM. Englebright
Second district. Duncan e. McKinlay
Third distrsct Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district. ......... Julius Kahn
Fifth district. e. A. Hayes
Sixth district. .... James G.. Needham
Seventh district. James McLachlan
Eighth district. ..........S. G. Smith
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Mining Signals on cloth, required
to be posted in all mines, for sale at
the Ledger office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Truth Is as impossible to be soiied
BY any outward touch as the sunbeam.
Milton.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Copies of the license ordinance of
the City of jackson in pamphlet form
may be had at the Ledger office; price
l5c, each,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head. not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, or
cents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

FOR SALE Horse and Buggy
Mare years old, gentle and re-
liable in every way, perfectly sound,
weight about 1900 pounds, thoroughly
broken to single or double harness
and saddle. Also good top buggy
and single harness. An opportunity
to secure first class rig cheap. In
quire OF Pete Podesta, Enterprise
Stable, Jackson, Cal. 1876 III
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Cheap for cash. gentle mare
with harness complete, and light
spring wagon. Apply at e. S. Pitois,
jackson.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Ledger and Daily Call, one year $ 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
Lee ger nd Weekly Chronicle,
one year ..................... 90
Ledger and Daily Examiner lyear 90
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor James N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor Warren r. Porter
Secretary of State. :. Charles F. Curry
Controller. A. B. Nye
Treasurer ... VIM. r. Williams
A ttorney-General. Ulysses S. Webb
.Surveyor-General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court F, L. Caughey
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

For Sale or Rent. The Johns house
and lot opposite skating rink on
broadway street, jackson. Inquire
of VIM. q. Snyder, Jackson, Cal.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-Ocean NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maya
zine one year. .'..............
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, l
year, including free PATTERN.
Ledger and Pandex of the Press
Ledger and Pictorial Review -.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

For Rent-rwo front rooms in the
Webb hall building, suitable Tor
offices. Apply at Ledger office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

For Sale-Sam LoIee ranch, 100
acres, small house. barD, orchard,
vineyard, eight miles above Sutter
Creek. VIM. j. Melee.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07

Furnished Rooms to let inquire at
Ledger office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
Two Dollars per year

If paid strictly advance otherwise 50 80 will charged
OUR CLUBBING RATES:
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-02-07
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National government.

President ....... Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President CHARLES w. Fairbshks
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-24
Education.

"a word to the wise is sufficient
an old trite saying to which may be
added: An author, or ordinary writer,
is not supposed to consider the ability
of every individual to intelligently di-
gest the penned mental pabulum re-
sultant from his superior mentality.
True, many are prone to disagree. with
me regarding matters Of common in
terest, but I have tailed to discern any
convincing arguments which offset the
printed ideas of Erid. However, my
contemporary, Mr.. Anglicus, proffered
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-24
Golden Rule Policy.

"For years the police-unwillingly
and unwittingly, perhaps-have been
in making as many GRIM
inals as any other agency, poverty,
heritage and association excepted. This
has been done by arresting first Offend
ers and trivial offenders; by exposing
and branding them with police court
and prison records. The police have
discouraged men; they have driven
young and weak men to the haunts
and association of habitusl and expert
criminals, who have taught them the
ideals and practices of crime. The po-
lice have sometimes punished but
never prevented crime.
"The time has como to change all
this, and the Golden Rule policy is the
way to do it."
Thus speaks Chief Frederick Kohler.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-24

that most of them are Stockholders in
the majority of ii e trusts now formed
and by such united interests help each
other, so that almost the entire pro.
duce Of the country are in their power
to great extent.
1t is claimed by some scientific au-
thors that there is no te ldency toward
the cen Ializati, n of wealth. This may
lie but if the profits of all or most Of
the produce of the country goes to
such few of tie people how can it lie
otf erwisep The profits of two trusts,
The Standard Oil and Tie Unite
States Ste Company, were for the
year of 1905 over two hundred million
dollars. This amount reinvested every
year is bound to increase the first
profit and increase mole every year the
wealth of the owners. How long can
this, with not only two but many such
trusts, almost as profitable and owned
by such a few persons, 60 on before
there is tendency toward the central
ization of wealth.
There has bee en- q number of Ieme-
dies proposed TO protect the Ie )ple
from monopoly and trust power, the
foremost seems to be the Ie nOval of
the tariff But is this cure for the
pain or the diseasep If it is possible
to form trust combinations in coun-
try as large as the United States why
is it not possible to extend the combi-
lation to more countries and ave a
world monopoly which would be more
pow erful? 1t would he coml aratively
easy for The Standard Oil Company to
establish a world monopoly, as it now
has monopoly in this country, Ger
many, France and England. If it
should unite with the companies of
Russia it would be complete IN short
time. What l have tried to describe
has only shown the dark side of trusts
and monOpolies and their operations
for self-interest, and believe that is
the main reason for their existence
But there is no producer whose system
is as complete as that of the trust, OF
that can operate with as little expense
or produce better grade of products
if it so desires, or such large quantities
in the same length of time; the more
united the productive power the less
expensive are the means of production
And if the consumers could share the
) benefits of this economy by receiving
better goods at lower prices it wOulC
be something to praise instead OF con
demn.
There is farce comedy almost worth!
of praise, now going Oh between Th'
Standard Oh Con- pany and the United
States Court, with John d. and Lieu
tenant Archbold as head comedians
This is for the benefit Of the peOpl
who want to see the government max
mOnopolies be good or those who wan
to see the big stick bust trust. Th
Standard Oil Company has just bee1
let off paying a small fine also, but a
: it was of no consequence either t
Standard OIL or the government ther
was no reason for demanding payment
;, even tho it was the largest fine eve
= put on record. This late comedy wi
. also close with quiet investigation
with insufficient evidence to condemn
or fine imposed to later lie suspende
and i'm time forgotten. But these sma
. troubles don't worry monopolies an
trusts. A. b. M.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10

Connecticut, faces a wrathful constitu-
ency. The voters who have been send
ing him to Congress seem to care not a
whit for the honor their district received
in a Craftsmanship of big House Com
mittee. On the other hand, Victor Mur-
dock, of the big pasture district in
western Kansas, a red-hedded. robust
young man. who once worked at the
printers trade, is widely Iauded by
Kansas Republicans, and has been
much mentioned for ultimate Senatorial
promotion. This is only because he
denounced the Speakers methods Of
ruling the House in magazine article.
Up in Nebraska two or three Con-
gressmen are sending forth Macedonian
cries for help, because the populace
seek to rend them as associates and
iieutenants of the Speaker. Repre-
sentatives Hinshaw and Pollard, of that
State, are fighting for denomination,
while Representative George w. Norris,
who introduced a resolution for a
change in the House rules is meeting
with evidences of popular favor.
The same doleful anti-Cannon story
comes from Wisconsin. Representative
Stafford, who was on Speaker Cannon's
committee that investigated the paper
and wood pulp schedules and refused to
recommend that the duties thereon be
revised forthwith, is in some serious
stress, while Representative John j.
Jenkins, of Chippewa Falls, Chairman
of the judiciary Committee, who helped
bottle up the labor and injunction and
temperance bills, is in danger of de-
feat.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10
CAMPAIGN NO. T."
A Hot Fight to Retain the Republican
Supremacy in the House-The War
on Speaker Cannon.

Campaign No. 2, as it has been called,
which is the campaign that Uncle Joe"
Cannon is conducting for the election
of a Republican House, is limbering up.
The Speaker has been moving back and
forth across the country d little and
getting ready to pitch in. He is well
aware of the "hot talk some of the
Western enthusiasts are making about
how he is too autocratic, how he rules
the House, how the rules of the House
are used to the advantage of the inter-
ests and a whole lot of other stuff and
nonsense.
When Uncle Joe" gets out on the
stump, as he will do before long, he
will take the starch out of these hostile
assertions, which must be proven to be
believed. Most of the people are still
wise enough to know that there must
be strong organization in the House
to keep $50 sovereign members within
bounds. The majority must rule there.
The disappointed fellows shout to high
heaven, and charge that the will of
the people is being thwarted. The late
Speaker Reed had to go thru similar
campaign of detractiOn, but emerged
from it stronger than ever before.
The talk about tyrannlcal methods of
ruling the House, and about the will
of the people being flouted there, is not
taken seriously in the East. 1t is being
given some attention among the voters
of the radical West, and some constitu-
encies are striving to pledge their candi-
dates not to vote for Mf. CannOn's re-
election for third term as Speaker.
That is idle, for beyond any question if
the next House is Republican and Mr..
Cannon lives he will be given another
term. 1t would be rebuff which no
party would brook, to elect some other
Republican in his stead
The anti-Cannon movement is direct
ed in part to defeating him for re-elec-
ton in his district, the 18th H., but
that is so unlikely as to be hardly worth
mentioning. He had in 1906 22,0S4
votes to 12.777 for C. G. Taylor, Demo-
crat Most of the briskness and life
just at present is in the efforts of sew
eral Western districts to defeat at the
denomination primaries number of
Republicans who have been working
with Mr.. Cannon in the government of
the House. Representative J. Adam Bede,
the humorist, and Representative Taw-
ney, Chairman of the House Appropria-
tions Committee, both in Minnesota. are
being stoutly opposed In Kansas Chas.
+. Scott, whom the Speaker jumped
over few heads to make him Chair
man of the Agricultural Committee in
preference to Representative Henry, Of
The National tribune., 1908-09-10

turned his aeepe gratitude for the reso-

turned his aeeps gratitude for the reso-
luton.
Comrades r. b. Beath. Gilman and
Gahagan wsre appointed committee
to carry thes greetings Of the G. A. r.
to the w. b. e.
ReUDrtnsSf Committees.
r. B. Brown reported that three
members Of the Pension Committee
were unavoiiiabfy absent. and therefore
no action would be taken on the prop
osition to increase the pension of maim-
ed soldiers
On the proposition to extend the bene-
fits of the McCumber law, Commander
Milliman, 0f Iowa, addressed the En-
campment IN favor of making the rate
of $40 begin with the age of 65. Ohio
and other Departments had taken sides
with Iowa In favor of this measure,
and the comrades everywhere were
deeply interested, as is shown by 1,5O0
Posts having adopted resolutions favor
ing this. Every day other Posts were
doing the same. The people would ap-
prove of this, as they have approved Of
the McCumber and widows pensions
bills. He asked the adoption of the
resolution.
Comrade Weatherbee raised the point
of order that this was in opposition to
the previous action of the Encamp-
ment.
The matter was finally settled by re-
ferring to the Pension Committee.
Leo Raisseur, of Missouri, reported
that the Auditing Committee had found
the statement of the Trustees of the
Permanent Fund to be absolutely cor
rect.
r. B. Brown moved the appointment
of committee of three able lawyers to
consider plan of incorporating the
Trustees Of the Permanent Fund.
Adopted.
Leo Raisseur, w. Pennypacker and
A. Z. Beers were appointed such COM
mittee.
j. C. Black, of Illinois, moved that
the matter of dedicating the Stephenson
Memorial be PIT in charge of the in
coming Communicating Chief and Coun-
ell. Adopted.
Comrades Bakewell. Goblin and Brown
were reelected Trustees of the Perma-
nent Fund
Installation of Officers.
AS a compliment to the good work he
had done in the matter of entertaining
the National Encampment, Past Com
mander-in-Ch Chief John S. Kountz was
selected to install the officers-elect,
which duty he performed with marked
dignity and impressiveness.
Commandcr-in-Chief NeviuS an
nounced as Adjutant-General Past De-
partment Commander Frank o. Cole,
of Jersey City, n. j., and C. d. r. Sto-
witt, of Buffalo, n. Y, as Quartermas
ter-General.
He then announced the AID National
Encampment adjourned sine die.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies' Of the
G. A. r., Army Nurses and Daughters
of Veterans Have New Leaders.


Mrs. Mary L. Gilman. of Boston, was
elected National President of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps. The other officers
are as follows:
Mrs. Anna Howe, Toledo. O., Senior
Vice President; Mrs. Clara Lukins.
North Dakota, Junior Vice President;
Mrs. Charlotte E. Wright, Connecticut,
reelected Treasurer; Chaplain, Mrs.
Maria Mumford, Pennsylvania. Execu-
tive Board-Mrs. T. S. Pentreath, New
York City, Chairman; Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell Ball. Potomac, District of Columbia; |;
Miss Henrietta Brisco, Baltimore, Md;
Mrs. Armilla Cheney, Colorado; Mrs.
Bernard, Idaho.
The officers appointed are. Mrs. Ma
ria Going, Massachusetts,, Secretary;
Mrs. Harriet J. Bodge, Counselor; Mrs.
Alice Schneider. Tennessee, Inspector:
Mrs. Ellen +. Daniels. West Virginia.
Instituting and Installing Officer:- Mrs.
Mary NJ. North, Maryland, Press Cor-
respondent.
Ladies' Of the G. A. II.
Mrs. Genevieve Hager Longfield, Ma
tional President, Chicago; Mrs. Crane,
Senior Vice President, Toledo: Mrs.
Elizabeth Garvin, Junior Vice President,
Jersey City; Mrs. Catherine Ross, Treas
urer, Denver; Mrs. Mary E. Hancock,
Chaplain, Syracuse. n. Y; Mrs. Clara
N. Sawyer, Counselor. South Portland.
Me. Council of Administration-Mrs
Florence Wallace, China, Me-; Mrs.
Lulu Alleah Shannon, Bremerton.
Wash; Mrs Josie Slicker jeanette, Pa.
Daughters of Veterans.
Mrs. Clara Hoover, of Chicago, was
elected National President; Mrs. Millie
Guittard, Alliance o., Senior Vice Pres
ident; Miss Anna Kelley. Pueblo, Colo,
Junior Vice President: Miss Agnes Nc
Coy, of Massachusetts, Treasurer; Miss
McEnvoy, New York, Chaplain; Mrs
Stanley. Ohio, Patriotic Instructor.
Army Nurses.
President, Mrs. Rebecca s. Smith, of
Minneapolis; S. V. Mrs. Elizabeth Grass,
Fargo, N. D.; J. W. Mrs. Sarah B. Cross,
Kent. o.; Chaplain, Mrs Rebecca l..
Price, Lancaster, Pa: Guard. Mrs. Let
tie E. Buckley, Chicago; Conductor,
Mary e. Squire, Sheboygan. Mich; Sec
retary, Miss Kate NJ. Scott, of Brook
vile, Pa. who has Loyalty served the
Association in this office 2 years, and
Treasurer, Mrs. Salome NJ. Stewart, of
Gettysburg, Pa, who has faithfully held
the office for six years.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10
The stay-at-Home Vote.

There is accordingly a big campaign
problem this year in the stay-at-home
vote. Little reason is given thus far
for its being large, with the Democrats
fairly well united and led by candidate
who has twice polled the greatest
strength ever given for a Democrat
Cleveland had in 1888, 5,53S,233; in
1892, 5,556,91S; Bryan, in 1896, $780,
925; in 1900, 6,351, 1926; and Parker, in
1904, 5,0S0,207. Unprecedented as the
Republican rnajorities were in the last
Presidential election, they are not at all
sufficient comparisons for this year,
when the Republicans are already rais-
ing the alarm cry about indifference and
overconfidence. The Democrats who
stayed at home or went fishing in 1872
came out in force in 1876. The Repub-
licans, who did likewise in 1892, went
to the polls in unwonted numbers in
1896.
Normally there is not a difference of
many hundreds of thousands between
the Republican and Democratic votes in
the United States. Reports, Western
and Eastern, say Bryan is as strong a
Vote-getter now as ever, probably
stronger. A very large portion of the
Gold Democrats are with him. Suppose
the labor leaders by their intense and
well-organized campaign win 100000
or 100000 Republican workingmen to
iis '9taHu.liu anu the ARMY ol uhem-
ployed add 100000 morei His total,
based on what he polled in 1900, would
be reaching the 100000 mark
On form the Republicans cannot ex-
pect to poll much more than that num-
Der this year. If voters east of the AIle-
ghenies persist in thinking that Taft
has walkover and stay at home, Taft's
total might fall below that figure, from
which it may be seen how the Novem-
Der election might be very close. And
while there have been two minority
Presidents in the last 80 years-Hayes
and Harrison-the popular majority al
most certainly means majority of the
electoral college.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10
UNIONsNETERAN LEGION.
The NatiOnsE EncnnLpment at Toledo
Sons Of Veterans Admitted-Omcer.
Elected.

Sons Of Veterans Admitted-Onicers
Elected.
The National Encampment of the
Union Veteran Legion was held in the
Pythian Castle at Toledo.
An amendment to the constitution
was adopted, admitting sons Of vet
Grams of the war of the rebellion to as
sociate membership in the order.
The following officers We're elected:
Commander-in-Chief, Walter L.. French,
Brockton, Mass; Acknowledgement,
Quartermaster-G General, ]. H.. Chase,
Brockton, Mass; Chief of Staff. Hud-
son Jaej, Chicago; Inspector-General,
Marcellus r. Risden, Omaha. Neb.;
Judge Advocate-General. John Mande-
vile. Brockto2, Mass; Surgeon-Gen-
eral, N. William Keith, Middleboro.
Mass.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10

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These troubles, however, are expects
ed to disappear gradually as campaign
No. 2 warns up. The Speaker is not a
man to run from a fight. When his
side of story is heard he generally.
wins out.
The National tribune., 1908-09-10
Classified Advertisements.

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worth OF timber; eight room house: large barn two
miles fran railroad Station and less than 70 miles from
Washington, d. c. Price $3.50 per acre. Address.
nclosing stamp, S. H. LEWIS,
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The National tribune., 1908-09-10
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The National tribune., 1908-09-10
ADDRESSES WANTED.

WANTED-The address of Garlic Hous-
ton or information of his whereabouts.
Last heard of him was in Waco, Texas
10 years ago. A. ]. Weaver, 5J3 Mona
Ave- Wichita. Kans.