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Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
A Hair Raising Experience.

ID. Burke of Plymouth, passed
through an experience Wednesday
that does not fall to the lot of many
people, and one which he will re-
member all his life. An eighteen
inch water pipe, which runs about a
mile or two from plymouth, had be-
come ohoked with rubbish so that
only part of the water could pass
through, while the rest of it escaped
through an opening caused by one of
the joints parting. He had driven
out there in his buggy to clean the
pipe, and had reached down into the
opening to pull the rubbish ont. As
he loosened it the water rushed
through with increased force bring
ing the two ends of pipes together,
catching his arm as in a vice close up
to the shoulder. lie realized that if
he could not get something between
the two ends in few moments that
he would lose his arm. with the free
arm he reached down and took Oft
his shoes and placed them in the
opening in such way that they
bore most of the weight, though the
pressure on his arm even then was
great. Then he set to work to get
loose, but it seemed all IN vain, for
the ragged edges of tho pipe held him
fnst, tearing the flesh with every
move that he made. 10 stop the flow
of blood he took the strings from his
shoes and bound them around his arm
as tightly as possible. Several times
he felt as though he could stand it no
longer, but the water escaping from
the pipe and flying all over him kept
him from faiuting. He tried oil
kinds of schemes toTget help alliug
at the top of his voice. beating on the
pipe with rocks, and even tried to
set fire to the grass around his feet,
but the water had soaked his matches
so that none of them would light
He 6nally became desperate and
reached for his knife, intending to
cut his arm off below where it was
Eound, but it was not in his pocket
1t was a little after eight in the
morning when he was caught, but it
was 80 in the afternoon when he
finally succeeded in getting loose,
and then only by working his arm
back and forth, cutting the flesh to
the Zone from close to the shoulder
to below the elbow, where it would
slip through easily. AS soon as he
was loose he drove to town, where
DR.. Norman dressed the wounds. The
bone was not broken, and it is not
that he will be crippled.
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
lone.

June 23--Miss Jessie Mccall, who
has been attending the State Normal
school at San Jose, returned home
last week to spend her summer vaca-
tion with her mother.
Miss Vesta Maestretti and little
brother. Jamie, went to Lodi Wed
nesday for visit with relatives.
Last Tuesday evening lone Circle
G. f. of A. gave an enjoyable recep-
tion to their delegates Miss Grace
Miller and Mrs q. G. tairchilds, who
have just returned from their trip to
the grand lodge. There were be-
tween thirty and forty present, and
the evening was spent in playing
various games and enjoying selections
from a graphapone. About twelve
o'clock Iefreshment consisting of ice
cream and cake we're served, after
which the strains of "IIome Sweet
Home" were waited on the breezes,
and every one bade each other good
might and departed for their homes.
Mr. O'Neil and Mr. Fortner, who
were hurt at the time of the cave at
the brick yards, are now able to be
about the streets again with the aid
OF orutches.
A number of Odd Fellows and
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
LANCHA PLANA.
From Stockton Record.

From Stockton Record.
June lin a friendly game of
baseball at Wallace Sunday, the 14th,
Ernest Gooding of Julian district,
was made the object of most coward
ly attack under the guise of playing
fair ball, " and by which he sustain
ed very severe injuries. 1t seems
that in the early part of the game,
some ill feeling was engendered by
the unjust decision of the umpire
from Lockeford. After change of
umpire was made one of the Locke
ford nine resorted to the tactics of a
university football thug, and leaving
his station, ran full force to meet
Gooding, and thrusting his Bonded
knee forward, threw Mr. Gooding to
the ground, breaking two ribs, one
of which punctured his lungs, caus-
ing injuries that may yet prove very
serious. Mr. Gooding, who is a re-
spected member of the Julian dis
trict, has the sympathy of all fair
minded neighbors and citizens of
Wallace and vicinity. Indignation
runs high among the injured mans
many friends. 1t is needless to state
that the Lockeford nine won the
game.
Local people are very glad, indeed,
to announce that j. Is. Pardoe grad
uated from the grammar grades above
everyone else in the county. This is
quite an honor for Mr. Pardoe and his
teacher, Miss Mabel Wilson of Lodi,
who so ably assisted him. He aver
aged 951a per cent.
A novel sight was witnessed by the
people of this place Saturday last,
when an automobile arrived in town
on It's way to jackson. The "natives'
here have the pleasure of witnessing
such a sight about once year.
Mr. Haney. late of the Julian dis
trict, shipped his crop of last year s
almonds Monday. Four tons we're
shipped. 1t is stated that nearly $500
was lost by holding the crop too
long.
II. Townsend and friend of Valley
Spring. were visitors at the d. b.
Pardoe ranch last week.
Haying is still in progress here and
the grain outlook is much better than
at first reported.
r. g. Pardoe and men leave Wed
nesday for the mountains with their
cattle. Feed is quite good on the
range now. Miss Dolling of West
Point is at the Pardoe ranch.
Miss Mildred Baird has been sworn
in as the new deputy on the Lancha
Plana and Wallace stage line, and
handled the ribbons couple of days
this week.
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26

The Amador Mills at lone are offer
ing mountain pine lumber at $50 per
M; Oregon pine at So per M. Any
one wanting lumber will do we'll to
call on them as the stock will not last
long. Amador Mills.
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26

Buy the best sewing machines
made, for sale cheap. y. Il. Justus,
We'll Bldg. jackson.
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
Notice for Publication.
Dob

Department of the Interior
us. Land Office at Sacramento, Calf.
June s, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Gust
Patterson, of Portland, Oregon. who,
on May IA, 1908, made timber and
stone sworn statement, No Dob, for
the So of SE14 and So of SW14, Sec
ton l, Township N, Range ID f.,
Mount DiabIo Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register
and Receiver at U. S. Land Office in
Sacramento, Calf, on the 10Th day
Of August, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: L. A.
Chichizola of Amador City, Calf, j.
T. Moffett and Charles Erickson, of
Portland, Oregon, and G. O.. Bruce
of West Point, Calf.
JOHN f. ARMSTRONG,
Je ltd Register
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of Nick Sky deceased.

A>Sh"'O VI A'ieh Nohy oOOCoSONs
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of Nick Sky, deceased, to the
creditors OF and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within four months after
the first publication of this notice to
the said administrator, at the law
office of VIM. j. McGee, Court street.
Jackson, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of said
estate, in said Amador county.
Dated, May u, 1908.
II. r.. POTTER,
Administrator of the estate of Nick
Sky, deceased.
VIM. j. McGee, attorney for admin
istrator. NAV %, At
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
Notice to Creditors.
tate OF John Voss deceased.

Estate of John Voss deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed. administrator of the estate of
John Voss, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first
publication of this notice to the said
administrator, at the law Office Of
VIM, j. McGee, Court street, Jack
son, California, the same being the
place for the transaction of Che bust
ness OF said estate, in said Amador
county.
Dated June 9, 1903.
u. r.. POTTER,
Administrator of the estate of John
Noss deceased.
VIM. j. McGee,
Attorney for administrator.
je 5, st
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
Delinquent Sale Notice
Valparaiso Gold Mining Company.

Location of works jackson MINING
district, Amador county, California.
Location of principal place of bust i
ness jackson, Amador county, Cali i
fornia.
Notice.-There are delinquent upon the Ifol !
lowing described stock. on account of assess. j
ment tho ~ levied on the 9th day OF May 1908
the several amounts set opposite the namesI
Of the respective shareholders. as follows
No. of No OF
Name Certificate. Shares, Amount
Badaracco, Giacomo.....11 1O0n0 800. DOL
sir, Cesare ......... 90. 10000 10000
And in accordance with law, and an order OF
the Board Of Directors made on the ninth
day of March, 1908 so many shares of
each parcel Of such stock as may be- poces-
sary will be sold at public auction
ut the office of the company and Secre-
tary. Main street. Jackson Amador county
California, on MONDAY, the 9th day OF JULY,
1908, at the hour OF ten o'clock % m, Of said day
to pay delinquent assessment thereon, 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., 1908-06-26
BORN.

JURASH. In Jackson, June "a, 1908,
to the wife of Nick Jurash, a
daughter.
DONEi. In San Francisco, June 9,
1908, to the wife of Johu Doney
(nee Lettie Trudgeon), a son.
KELLEY At Quartz Mountain
near Amador City, June, IL 1908,
to John T. Kelley and wife a son.
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26

A girl seventeen years of age would
like to get work in a small hotel
waiting on tables or chamber maid
or a small family without biz
children but baby. Wages $50 a
month, small family sl5 month.
Address Miss Isabel Bowling, De-
fender, Amador county, Cal.
1e IL I'm
Amador ledger., 1908-06-26
The Bio Head
.utterite.

is of two kinds-conceit and the hig
head that comes from a sick, head
ache. Does your head ever feel like
gourd and your brain feel loose and
soreY You can cure 1t in no time by
acting on your liver with Ballard s
Herbine. Isn't it worth trying for
the absolute and certain relief you Ii
get? Sold by Ruhser's City Phar-
macy.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

Because Of the immediate necessity
for gunboats and small cruisers In the
Caribbean sea, where there is trouble
In Hayti. strained, relations with Ven
ezuela and unrest In. Central America.
president Roosevelt has had to dis
pense with the 8 Of the cruiser
yacht Maytiower for the remainder of
the summer.
The, interstate commerce commits
sion has decfaed that shippers might
combine small quantities OF freight Of
various ownership either by arrange.
ment among themselves or through
the medium Of the forwarding agency
and ship the combined lot at the rela-
lively lower rates applicable to large
shipments.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has issued Q statement to the
effectsthat without waiting for the fl.
Ing Of formal complaints II will insti-
tute an investigation Of It's own mo.
Aion for the purpose Of determining,
whether or not advances In. freight
rates are Justified.
Announcement has been made at
the navy department Of the retirement
on Aug. /, 1908, of Rear Admiral w.
Is. Cowles. brother.in.law of President
Roosevelt. 4assss III
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ners are made of 2 by @ inch or 2 by 8
inch scantling. Boards are nailed on
top of the runners. An iron i've
eighths Of an inch In diameter is fas.
tened at the back Of the runners, SO
that 1t drags In the soil one to two
inches below the surface. A thin bar
of steel as long as the width Of the
implement, about two inches wide and
sharpened on the front, is sometimes
used instead Of the iron rod. The bar
Is bolted to the bottom Of the back Of
the runners.
The weight Of the driver who rides
the implement causes the rod or knife
to run just under the surface Of the
ground. When the rod clogs It Is
dumped by lifting on the handles,
shown in the cut. It works very
nicely when the soil is smooth, finely
%pulverized and reasonably free from
.stubble and other trash. When the
slicker Is to be used care should be ex-
ercised In turning the stubble under
we'll.
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Land and Water Rates.

+E. re-
1t is thought in some quarters to be
singular that rates for transporting
freights on the water, particularly
upon the lakes, have been reduced just
at the time when the railroads were
insisting that a raise of rates on land
is necessary. It is assumed that eco
nomic laws should work uniformly
under all conditions. One of the ar-
guments for increasing the water
transportation service Of the country
Is the fact that rates by water are
usually much cheaper than rates by
rail.
It has been suggested that conditions
with the two classes Of carriers, rail.
road and lake companies, are not at all
similar. The roads are always under
expense and are usually not in a posi-
ton to exact higher rates when bust
ess happens to. be good in order to
make up for slack times. The roads
are also under regulation and are Of
ten compelled to increase their ex-
penses whether the traffic justif1es the
improvements or not. The interstate
commerce commission does not take
economic conditions into account when
limiting the income Of the roads or
forcing them to expenditures regard
less Of the prospect of increased in
come to meet the extra outlay.
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F arm ana
Garden
THE FRUIT CROP.
Some ideas Worth Putting Into Prae'
tiee Next Season.

Some Ideas Worth Putting Into Prae-
tiee Next Season.
1t is a mistake to suppose that fruit
bearing plants will do their best II
they receive attention only now and
then. Irregular care will not amount ia
much. Moreover, the c%ultivator should.
as soon as the bearing season is over,
begin to consider what may be done
to induce a better crop next year.
Many old plantations of raspberries
and blackberries that are filed with
dead canes and weeds can be SO re.
newed and renovated that they will
bear an abundance of fine fruit. To
keep n berry patch in the highest state
of productiveness the old ane should
be removed after fruiting and the
young growth of small II properly
pruned out and thinned in the row. II
this is neglected next year you will
have a small crop of inferior berries
good neither to eat nor to sell.
Blackberries and the red or sucker
varieties of r%aspberries require similar
culture. In May begin to cultivate ana
to thin plants in the row. Blackber
ries should be thinned SO the plants
will stand at an average distance oil
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J0KED HIMSELF IN.
How "Privatev John Allen Got Himself
Elected to Congress.

How "Private" John Allen Got Himself
Elected to Congress.
Here is Champ Cark's defense Of
humor, If it needs one
'"The dry-as-dusts solemnly assev-
crate that humor never did any good.
Now, let's see. How did Private John
Allen Of Mississippi get to congress?
Joked himself in. One bit Of humor
sent him to Washington. a national
lawmaker. Opposing him for the con-
gressional nomination was the Confed-
crate General Tucker. They met on
the stump. General Tucker closed one
Of his speeches as follows:
".Seventeen years ago tonight, my
fellow citizens, after a hard fought
battle on yonder hill, / bivouacked un-
der yonder clump Of trees. Those of
you who remember as I do the times
that tried mems souls will not. l hope,
forget their humble servant when the
primaries shall be held
'eThat was a strong appeal In those
days, but John raised the general at
his own game MY fellow citizens
he said, what General Tucker says to
you about bivouacking under yonder
clump Of trees Is true. It is also true.
my fellow citizens, that I was a vedette
picket and stood guard over him while
he slept. Now, then, fellow citizens,
all you who were generals and had
privates to stand over you while you
slept vote for General Tucker, and all
Of you who were priTates and stood
guard over the generals while they
slept vote for Private John Allen
The people caught on, took John at
his word and sent him to congress,
where he stayed until the world was
filed with his renown.'
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Fair Play At tho Big Cameo.

The disputes at the Olympian games
III London this year seem to indicate
need Of an international board of d.
rection, with power to appoint inter-
national Judges. Games controlled by
the spirit manifested at the Olympiad
Of 1908 n more likely to engender in
ternational discord than to foster in
ternational. cordially or to benefit ath-
letics. The games were instituted a
dozen years ago by a sport loving no.
bleman In the hope that the contests
would have a happy influence upon the
youth Of the participating nations sim
liar to that exerted by the original
games Of the Greeks.
This year the American contestants
come away from the games with hon
ors won, yet with the feeling that they
have a genuine grievance. There has
been friction between the athletes of
this country and those Of other oun
tries and the British officials who had
the management of the games. An in
ternational contest would seem to call
for an international authority to pass
upon the %'events." If the men in
charge and constituting a final court
were representatives of all the nations
Interested in the competitions, there
would be little ground to question the
decisions rendered. That would be a
simple process of international umpir-
ing for international games.
With regard to the games Of 1908 it
has been found that the men in charge
were not only not athletes of interna-
tional experience and breadth, but they
were not w of national caliber. Pro-
vincialism is perhaps the proper word
to apply to the spirit which controlled
the games and led to unpleasant con-
troversies. A purely local committee
was intrusted with full management.
A way should be opened for an Off
cial permanent International body Of
control to initiate, regulate and judge
the Olympic games of the future.
The modern Olympian games are a
REPUTATION of the notion that modern
man Is inferior to his early ancestors.
Records Of ancient Grecian sports do
not seem to pass those of our modern
athletes. Discus and javelin throw
ing were cultivated by the Greeks, but
the American policeman, Sheridan, and
the sturdy swede, Lemming, would
give the ancients a hard battle for the
honors. Evidently civilization does not
rob manhood of its original stamina.
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TRAINING THE PLANTS,

about one foot apart in the row. Save
only the largest and best canes The
width Of the rows may be two feet,
with a space Of four feet between
Dlelu. Keep the ground clean with
saltwater and hoe and the soil stirred
about the plants.
Keep in mind the tree form when
pruning. Pinch off the top when the
Inc is about four feet high. The lat.
erals will then grow, and you will have
a bush something like a tree pruned to
back to n or two. feet in length, and
the new growth will then make a Dusn
Of sufficient size to make a large crop
Tender varieties that must be laid
down in winter should not be 10
pruned. Blackcap raspberries and
blackberries require more room be-
tween the plants in the row than red
%raspberries.
Cultivate, If possible, until July, then
place a heavy mulch of strawy manure
between the rows to retain the mois.
ture and furnish plant food. Set posts
four or five feet high. Nail two pieces
Of board about two feet long and foul
inches wide horizontally OH the posts,
one at the top and one about three
feet from the ground. Nail smooth
fence wire to the ends Of these boards
or arms to support the canes.
The plan described for raspberries
and blackberries may be best adapted
to general culture, but there is another
by which the finest dessert fruit may
be grown. Set the plants about seven
feet apart each way, allow only three
or four canes to grow In a hill, Sc.
three posts around these In the form
of a triangle and nail some wire around
them for a support. Make the soil rich
and cultivate both ways with a cult
vator. In May of each year keep back
all Of the new canes except three OF
four Of the strongest for next years
fruiting. Give clean cultivation until
July, then mulch between the rows
If you wish to set a new patch of these
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berries select o. deepy clay loan. but
make It only moderately rich with sta.
BILE manure for raspberries. as the
canes are less hardy in very rich soil.
The marketing of small fruit may
DO greatly facilitated by having a mum
Der Of basket crates. A plan for suct
container is shown herewith. Its di.
mansions are so arranged that three,
OF the crates can be made to occupy
the space of two when 1t is desired to
store them, The dotted lines indicate
how the two crates may be arranged
opening to opening 50 as to contain the
third. The dimensions Of the crate
are shown on the top crate. the same
being sixteen and o%ne-eighth inches
long, thirteen and one-eightn inches
wide and twelve and one-eighth inches
high, with two end cleats which makes
the capacity equal to q bushel. BY
turning the paper to the right~a better
view Of the crate may be had.
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CUTTING TREES.
Economy Dictates That saplinss
Should Not 30 F'silsd. 9

Economy Dictates That Saplinss
Should Not 30 Fsllsd. g
It is worth while for farmers to pay
a little more attention to their farm
timber lots. Any one who has had to
buy lumber lately knows that its price
is almost p%rohibitory.
In fact, building operations on the
farm as we'll as elsewhere have been
greatly kept back by the high prices
asked for all kinds of lumber.
Take a trip about the country, and
you will see some things that will
make your heart ache II you care any
thing for trees. In the mill yards Of
the east and middle west, where hem
lock and pine grow, you will find little
trees, hardly as large around as a
stovepipe, waiting to be sawed.
Some of these will hardly make a
2 by 4 scantling.
II those saplings could have been
permitted to stand a few years longer
they would have been worth many
times more than they are now. But
the spirit seems to be to cut the trees
down now and let them go for what
they will bring. This is quite In line
with much we do in other directions at
the present time. The dollar we can
get now is the dollar we must have.
Tomorrow may look out for itself.
The farmer has it in his power to
put a check to this waste. How? By
cutting only such trees as are dead OF
beginning to die. The hest farmers dc
this themselves, and if they rent theil
lands they insist that their tenants
shall do the same. And then they may
set out more trees.
If they are compelled to cut any live
trees for building purposes, they may
also set out other smaller trees to take
their place. They may also fight fire,
the worst enemy we have In Il for:
ests. They may work for better timber
laws. And they may educate theii
boys to love the woods and try to keep
them growing. -