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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-01-10
unclaimed Letters.

j. Buije, Mrs Mary Demartine, -.
Frigonle, Joseph Ganthier, Miss
Myrtle Hendricks, Mike McFaddan.
Henry b. Miner. Mrs Joe Thomas,
Mrs Grace Smith, q. Solari, Nine.
Clotilde Botrin, (2).-Frank Duden,
postmaster.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-01-10

Some of the papers giving rearadmral Brownson fits
resgnng because he did agree with the president in
giving of the hospital vessel of the navy medi
cal man. instead of nautical He would have been
subject to criticism had he held his job when out Of
Joint with the conditions.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-01-10
Ledger Roll of Honor.

The following sums have been re-
Gel we'd as subscriptions to the Ledger
during the past month. This acknow-
ledgment is equal to receipt for the
sums named If any have paid whose
names do not appear on this list, they
will oblige by promptly notifying this
office:
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
State Doings.

High, the man who has been
convicted in Caddo Parish for
the murder of Hanson, has man.
ufactured public sympathy by
two attempts to commit suicide
since his conviction. Public o.
pinion is very much divided by
the peculiar features of this case.
In communities removed from
the scene of the crime there is a
very pronounced opinion that
High received much less than he
deserved.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

The high water at Natchitoches
reached a stage unprecedented
since 1866. The damage has been
enormous and the number Of suf-
ferers from the food is constantly
increasing.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
Schedule Of the
L o u | S Ia N A
g.
A R K A N S A S
RAILWAY co.
Always on Time. -

CORRECTED TO OCTOBER 10TH, 1907.
2:sl pm Nv ST. Louis, Mo 7:ls am ar
Mol. No
s:l5 am " Hope. Ark. 3:5s pm ar
s;lO am Stamps, Ark. $50 pm
Nos No 4
II :25am 6:55am lv Minden La IL :2ilpm .25pmar
II :ssaln 7:ltam ar Sibley, I2:t5pm 7:lOpm "
IO:50am 6:2Oam " Shrevep't IlO:50am5:55pmly
3:O6pm ll:loam ar via VS&P s:O5pmlO 50pmar
II :5sam 7:I5am lv sibley II :45am7 :0Opmly
l:42pm s:5lam Chestnut lO:Osam 5:I2pm IN
2:iopm lO:Uhm ar Winfield 9:O4am 4:OOpm IL
I;45pn li:s0am ar Jena 7:0ham 2:OOpm "
5:topm II :59am ar Alexandria :O0am :fspm ~
s;Soam arrive New Orleans 6:30pm leave
IT. 4 4. Ry)
When you travel go via the Louisiana and
Arkansas Railway. Our track is laid with %
Id. steel rails and gravel ballast-Our equip
ment Is new and first class-and last, but not
least, our motto is Ever on time"
The Louisiana 4 Arkansas Railway makes
close connections with the following Roads AZ
Points named below:
At Hope, Ark with St L ] NJ & 5, Frisco Sys-
TEN.
At Stamps, Ark, with st L w Cotton
Belt Route.)
At sibley, La, with vsSP Queen and
Crescent Route ) L b as
At Chestnut, La, with 4 NV Ry.
At Winfield with q K 4 Ry., l. X & N Co
and q G. railroad.
A exandria, La, with T & Ry., st L I NJ &
Ry., st Lw & G. Ry-, L r & Co, Southern
Pactc.
At Georgetown, La. with st L TM&S.
Through tickets on sale 10 all points.
II. :. HUMPHREYS,
Agent, Winfield. La
r. $. ATKINSON,
g. p. A. TexaTkana, Ark.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

Wednesday. June 80. there &C.
Cured ut Natchitoches the mar
riage of Mr.. Louisa. Dranguet
and Miss Edna Lecompte, repre-
8 ,ntatives of two of the most
prominent families in that ancient
CITY.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

Sheriff ID. j.. Reid of Calcasieu
Parish who has been repeatedly
tried on the charge of misappro-
priating the funds of the State
was acquitted on July L, by a
jury at Alexandria. The verdict
was unanimous. Mistrials hal
been entered in this case in seven
trials, and change of venue was
granted to Rapides Parish.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
fremont & Gulf Ry. Co.

Effective March 5. 1908. Between fremont, and
Winnfrld.
Daily No. 2 leaves Wirps.ld.,n CHI
r., I,Ie e:ss p m, ETos 1905 D. m, arrivit.,
DalIy No. ], leaves fremont Gals a M. Eros
vi III a. m; Chathamyiilc I0:I5 a M. arriving
winfield l:5s a. m '''i :
,. D"liS rHcept sunday, No. 81 local freight.
l1:Cl p. IN. A''"'"'
DilIy, except sunday. No. 81, local freight
aNes fremont a. m, arriving 1910 p m.
N ram No. connects at fremont with Y. : 4
Trans nom Monroe and Shreveport. Train
10: Z connects at fremont with Y : a p
trains TO Monroe and Shreveport
ALFRED MEAD,
General Passenger Agent,
Winnfeld Ia
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

The eclipse of the sun. June
2Sth. was watched with great
interest throughout the South.
While the passage of the moon
across the sun was of short dura-
ton it attracted general observa-
ton. One feature of this phe
nomcnon was the fact that the
five great planets, Mercury, Mars,
Venus. Neptune and Jupiter were
Ill visible in IL cluster in the west
,hOrtl ' after sunset. Such an Oc-
currence will not happen again
in a century.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

Edward Wilbert, captain of
the Louisiana State University
base ball team, was drowned on
July /, while bathing in the locks
at Plaquemine.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

Baton Rouge purposes to have
an anti-spitting ordinance. The
conditions around the Yazoo &
Misslppi Valley railroad are said
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
Talk on Good Roads.
BY LEE YOUNG


or more farm products. What
we need Is markets for produce.
Only such products us will bear
transportation are now to be cul-
tivated. 1t is folly to produce
what we can neither use nor sell.
Scientific road builders say the
better the drainage of sand roads
the worse for the roads as they
are quickly washed away. This
may he remedied by mixing clay
with the sand, but care should be
taken To prevent the layer of
>and-clay being undermined and
broken down.
Again, the time is coming, if it
he not here. when we must make
changes in tires of vehicles.
Narrow tires cut deeply and
make ruts, where water lodges,
and the continued wet destroys
roads. Wide tires improve the
roads all the time. 1t is not i'm
possible to require wide tires
provided all use them.
An adjustable tire is manu-
featured with which narrow
tired wagon may be converted
into a wide tired one in few
minutes. The cost is not great
and there is no loss of the wagons.
When roads are cut up and
rough the use of a harrow has
been found good. 1t breaks off
projections and fills ruts. When
roads are narrowed and the split
log gra Ter used, there is better
road. The split log grader is a
most practicable implement, since
it is cheap enough to be in COM
mon use, and there is no need to
wait until one can be acured.
When large stones are left in
the road bed they do harm.
They work to the surface and
make rough places. Then as they
are moved they form holes where
water is collected, and soon a
mud hole results.
In many localities there is a
natural cement which makes good
roads. In Erath county this is
being tried with broken rock, the
natural cement being a binder.
We shall know soon how it will
work, and something as to its
durability. Its abundance makes
| it desirable that it should be given
a fair test.
Farmers suffer more than
others from bad roads. A bad
road often means twice as much
work for the farmer, and some
times more for his teams. The
team driven with u heavy load
over bad road is in poor con-
dilion for some days, and one day
of such work does more injury
than several days on the farm
The man who hauls two bales al
cotton to market over a bad road
when he could haul five or 81,
over good road, has lost some
thing; and his team has not fount
anything good.-Farm & Ranch
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

The latest cotton bulletin
places the average condition of
the cotton crop at Sl.2 compared
with 1871 On the 18th day of May
last year.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

\ strenuous effort is being
made to submit the liquor ques-
ton to a vote of the people IN
Lafayette parish.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

Owing To the advanced con-
dition of the cotton crop in Lou
l>iana this year. the boil weevils
are creating hut little damage.
This demonstrates that early
planting and intensive farming
are foiIs to the depredations of
of these pests.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

to be deplorable from this
practice. Properly and rigidly
enforced such Il law is conducive
To public health and cleanliness.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

national pest and there seems no
possibility of his early extinction.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10

According to the records pub
lished it has been discovered that
the English sparrow is a great
lover of figs. He selects the
choicest fruit and will not be
driven away by the usual methods
He is a tramp robber and the foe
to the finest domestic birds of
this section. He is simply a
New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
Changed the Religion of England

FIVE years after Joanna married Philip. her
younger sister, Catharine. welded Arthur. the
Prince of Wales Arthur, who was then only fifteen
years old died five months later; and negotiations
were opened for the marriage of the voting widow
to Arthur's brother Henry, lad only ten years old
and SIX years Catharine's junior y dlSpensatloa
obtained from the Pope on the ground that the
former marriage had been merely formal and had
remained unconsummated and that hence the new
would not violate the rule of the church for-
bidding a man 20 marry his brothers widow.
Seven years later soon after Henry assembled the
throne. the marriage was celebrated. Catharine
New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
The Greatest Love Affair." OF Al

NUMEROUS instances r-.E-t * 80 l4,;rs have
~ the decisive inti"snee that L }'T World h.ory.
had had n deternn.ns ing me ne 'eIs gr one other s Hs +
convinced that "A mere men -t ~ y sl.S would
70 S,tc all desire fo- p-ote>-. w --l- :; Adam anI
the history of mankind aavc '1Si. D., of Eden
Eve had not fallen IN love ~ tbs l''sd''' -
New-York tribune., 1908-08-23
United Half of Western Europe

EIGHT years after the marriage OF Ferdinand and
Il Isabella Charles the Bold. Duke Of Burgundy,
was killed IN a battle with the Swiss His crafty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
SUCH A FOOLISHNESS.

Oregon is over 10000 republican.
1t is a confession of weakness upon
the part of the republican party to
proclaim that their party fears the
election OF a democrat in June this
year, and that in order to Illustrate
such action the legislature should
ignore the vote OF the people, says
the Jacksonville. Ore. Post. This
is to be accomplished by having re-
publican candidates for the legisla
ture refuse to sign statement No. 1.
They dare not sign statement No. 2
because that one tells the truth in
regard TO such a candidates position.
So they are going to modify No. / by
declaring that they viii, il elected
to the Legislature, vote for the man
who was the republican candidate In
June, regardless of the fact that he
may be defeated in June. The peo-
pie should refuse on April II to
support any candidate for the Iegis-
lature who declines to promise the
people that he will vote for the man
for United States senator whom the
people select in June. Then We will
have the election OF United States
senators by the direct vote of the
people. And when we get that the
people will own the United States
senate. The people don't own It now.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30

the past year 7s miles OF new track
was completed. During the past year
there were IL collisions. seven derail-
ments, and 30 other accidents, In
which as people were killed and 100
injured.
Since the commission was organized
on February 25, 1907, 2sS complaints
have been filed. or this number 2jA
have been disposed of and 29 are still
pending. OF the complaints filed 14S
referred to matters OF service, rs re-
lated to rates and three related to
general administrative matters.
No report OF the expenses OF the
commission for the first year is in
cluded in the summary Of the years
work. This would have been interest.
ing to the taxpayers, since there was
much opposition to the creation OF
the commission on the ground that
the expense would be out OF proper
ton to the amount of railroad in the
state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30

he evidently thinks little OF dress; and
you have vague impression that II
he were not carefully superlntended
by good wife he might be negli-
gent about his appearance. A man
of much nervous force, he moves
about restlessly while he talks. You
must observe him from all angles to
have him in correct perspective; for
instance, only side view reveals the
best things In his rudy, wholesome
face.
He Is clean-shaven and lean about
the strong jays; his dark-brown hair
is growing a little thin. and at times
is much rumpled by an eloquent and
restless hand; he has good head, not
quite full enough in some places, a
rather sensitive mouth, but firm
enough. a long nose Ga good feature)
an expression perfectly frank and
good-humored.
The eyes are very fine, clear and
steady blue, but too dark, to my
thinking-for 1t is the lighteyed men
that tear up the old things and start
the new; out OF them looks the man
with a certain level, composed, and
candid way that is most taking.
He has good hands, good teeth, a
really wonderful voice for smooth
ness, tone, and quality, and manner
that ought to make him popular in
any democracy, 1t is absolutely with
out pose. without affectatlon. without
arrogance, and without Difference
Charles Seward Russell in the April
Everybody's.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
A HINT FROM THE BEAVER.

Human science owes many a debt,
especially on the practical side, to the
instinct of the lower animals. One
of these obligations is cited by an
eminent authority. Engineers fire.
quently build dams straight across
streams, the object being in some cas-
es. to save expense by sparlng mate
rial. But the beaver arches his dam
against the current. and experience
has shown that this form OF ram is
best to resist floods and the impact
of floating ice. Acting upon the
knowledge which is instructive with
the beaver. and which human calcu-
lation approves, the Great Bear VAL
icy dam. In California. and some other
dams in that state have been con-
structed and so made that their sta
bility depends upon the resistance
which their arched form presents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
STRAIGHT TALK TO
OREGON REPUBLICANS.

The Salem Journal gives Oregon
republicans the following excellent
political advice, which It is sincerely
to be hoped, is needed ana followed:
Republicans who are shouting
loud about the party being ruined by
statement No. 1. had better do lit
tie thinking.
In the first place the law could
never have been enacted as 1t was II
the people had not wanted It.
In the second place, no man or set
Of men in any party is proposing to
repeal or amend the law.
Now, let us all be good natured and
consistent This writer does not mind
having bricks SHE'D at him by C. B.
Moores and other gentlemen.
This paper supported the whole
republican ticket two years ago, and
will support 1t again.
Will you do the same?
There are two republicans run
at the coming primary for the nomi-
nation for United States senator.
All true republicans will support
the republican nominee of the prl-
mary, and in the June election all
true republicans will support the
nominee who is nominated for sena-
tor at the primary.
Statement No. republicans will
abide by the primary law and will
support the nominee for senator as
made at the primary, April II.
All other statement republicans
who are republicans at heart and In
principle. will do the same whether
it be Cake Of Fulton.
1t is absolutely certain that Cake
or Fulton will be nominated at that
primary for United States senator.
On national issues with 10000
plurality in Oregon for Roosevelt in
1906. with a candidate for senator
standing on national republican prin-
'ciples. with any kind of a decent, able
campaign, who will win?
The Capital Journal does not take
the pessimistic view Of the Oregonian
that either Cake OF Fulton win be
defeated by Chamberlain for the Uni
ted States senate unless statement
No. is abandoned by all republicans.
The sooner republicans abandon
such calamity leadership, and begin
to advocate national republican prin-
ciples and pull together to elect a re-
publican senator the better for the
party in Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
QUESTION.

Prmlnent politicians all over Ore
gon, whom the people believe to be
honest, declare they are in favor Of
the popular election OF United States
senator and yet these same men are
opposed to statement No. I. by which
the popular election would be accom-
plished.
They say walt and amend the
constitution"
How are you going to amend the
constitution until you fill UP the
United States senate with men elected
by the people and believing in the
popular election of United States SEN
ators? How are you going to secure
reform through those pledged against
the reform?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
A RAILROAD FARCE.

A great noise is being made ir
Portland because the Portland gate
way" to the sound cities is closed tc
passenger traffic coming into Port.
tand over the Hartman lines.
Because it is necessary for passen-
gers from the east to transfer from a
Hartman to a Hill line in going from
Portland to the sound, interstate
commerce rules have been found by
which this transfer is denied.
Passengers are harrassed by juggl-
mg railroad regulations which make
travel absolutely miserable at times.
Tickets are such mysterious things,
that people never know what they are
going to do nor where they are going
to fetch up" when they start out on
q long trip over half a dozen rival
railroad lines.
Think of the simplicity OF govern
ment ownership as compared to the
present system. There would be no
closed gateways, no mystifying ticket
interchanges. no rebates. no harrass-
ing regulations, no rival companies
fighting for your patronage. no in
quisition when you stop to transferd
from one line to anotherd, no quib-
bling over routes, no interstate COM
merce regulations which make your
life a burden. no begging railroads to
be allowed to stop off If you desire.
no limitation to your ticket. no mis-
understanding as to fares. no traffic
mysteries to puzzle you, no coupon or
other Chinese puzzle to keep you in
hot water as to your route or destI-
nation.
But under government ownership
there would be one railroad system,
one ticket to every station. one price
for every ticket, one way to reach a
certain station, one shortest route
across the country to every point, one
set OF officials to deal with, one set Of
rules, one uniform service. one treat
ment for everybody, one object. one
alm one spirit in the service.
A railroad ticket would read to a
certain point and a certain train
would set you down at that point. un-
harmed, with all your senses about
you. There would be no juggling over
yOur ticket as though you were a
piece Of merchandise on the bargain
counter.
Think Of the simplicity Of the gov
eminent ownership system.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
THE BELL OF MOSCOW.

The largest bell in the world is the
Great Bell of Moscow" known as
the Monarch" or "Czar Bell" 1t is
10 feet in height. measures so feet
around the rim and weighs 1913 tons
1t was cast in 1853. but, being crack
ed before it left the foundry, was new
er hung. In 1887 It was placed upon
a granite base and converted into a
little chapel-the broken part form
ing the doorway. The largest bell in
use is also in Moscow, and weighs
12S tons According to one account
the alloy composing the Great Bell
Of Moscow" consists of gold, silver
and copper and is valued at $50, 900.
According to Mulhall the weight OF
this bell is 202 tons.-Kansas City
Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
TWO GOOD sHERIFFs.

There is a unique and remarkable
record in the office of sheriff both in
Umatllla and Morrow counties
Sheriff T. d. Taylor of Umatilla, q
democrat, and Sheriff E. NJ. Shut OF
Morrow county. a republican, are
candidates without opposition for the
fourth term and there is every pros
pect that they will go into office the
fourth time without a struggle.
Eastern oregon presents no other
spectacle like this 1t is a unique and
most worthy example of official integ-
rity. When not even political oppo-
nents can find courage to oppose n
man for office that man is certainly
good citizen and a good public SER
want.
Sheriff Taylor has had a most bril-
liant career in Umatilla county as a
criminal catcher. Few. IL any, have
entirely escaped from his vlgilant eye,
and Sheriff Shut in Morrow county
has had an equally brilliant career
And not only are these men vlgilant,
but they are courageous, fearless,
practical. just and capable.
blemish. their official records are
without stains and 1t is economy, bus
iness sense and good judgment to
keep them m office as long as they
will serve.
Lawbreaking is checked by the
knowledge that an experienced and
efficient man is in the sherlff's office.
Criminals think twice before they en-
gage in crime when they know that
a most vigilant eye is upon them and
that every means of escape will be
covered instantly by a vigorous sher
iff.
Umatilla and Morrow counties are
particularly fortunate in having two
such officials to rely upon and it is a
compliment to the good business sense
of these counties that no opposition
is to be brought out against these
men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-30
REPORT ON RAILROADS.

The East oregonian has just re-
ceived the first annual report Of the
Oregon railroad commission which
has Just been issued in book form.
The report is interesting reading.
II goes into details and holds the rail-
roads OF oregon up to the mirror Of
publicity. The commission has been
rainstaklng, efficient and practical in
compiling facts and statistics concern
ing the roads Of the state. The report
Is clear, concise and to the point.
Oregon possesses 2123 miles Of rail-
road, owned by Ss companies. During