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Amador ledger., 1909-11-19
Mineral Output
OF California 1903.

The total mineral production Of Cali
fornia in tie year 1908, according to the
final figures as completed by the Cali
forna State Mining Bureau, was S66
1868 1913 as against s55, 697, 949 for 1907.
The totals by counties, including the
figures for gold silver and platinum, Just
received from the United States Ceolo-
Amador ledger., 1909-11-19
OFFICIAL MAP
OF.
AmadOr County

veys by d. c. CARR TON, showing
township and school district bound
aries, ownership Of all lands according
to assessment roll Of 1904, mineral
claims, canals, location o. all school.
houses; also q townsito man OF princf
pal towns. namely Jackson, Sutter
Creek, lone. Anador City, Drytown,
Plymouth and Volcano.
Size 6 by 81 feet
Price, colored & mounted $40
Plain and unmounted SIS
Sold only at
AMADOR LEDGER OFFICE
Amador ledger., 1909-11-19

Total s66, 1868, 1913
The unapportioned includes some
copper, zinc, tungsten, lead, platinum,
borax, soda, coal. cement, glass sand
and also some gold and silver These
are placed under the head of unappor-
toned because, otherwise, private bust
ness would be disclosed.
The figures of the United States
Geological survey, which are included
in the totals for counties and in the
grand total, are for gold, silver and
platinum as follows.
Amador ledger., 1909-11-19

| What Penry sen. and jr. say on stand.
w. M. Penry sen. i own the printing
plant and building; | am not the pro-
pretor in any other sense; am not the
publisher. The statement at the head of
columns is printed in San Francisco. |
never requested that it be changed.
w. M. Penry jr.-I am the proprietor
and publisher; the fact does not appear
in the Dispatcn columns.
Penry SRI leased the plant to Penny
jr in 1905. 1t was verbal lease termi-
nable at any time.
Peury jr.--I own the business as
lessee, and could sell it but not the
plant.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Care and Management.

The profits in pork making depeed
as much on the care and management
Of the breeding stock and of the
young pigs as on breeding or feeding
To keep boar and not get the best
service from him is very expensive
way of starting in. We are confident
that the most expensive way to keep
a boar is to allow him to run at large
with the sows. He forms bad habits.
is difficult to control, and becomes
much more expensive to keep than If
he had been provided with a we'll
fenced lot I'D had crops grown for
him to Craze. The sows are less like
ly to get in pig, and the time of far.
rowing being unknown, neither the
SOW nor tho young pigs receive the
care needed to produce best results.
There is much complaint of large
sows lying on their pigs, and the rea-
son usually given is that they are too
fat. This is rarely so. A SOW in
good fesh-what most Southern far
mers think too fat--will produce
more pigs, stronger pigs, and suckle
them better afterward. II suitable
houses were provided, with good
board floors, and fender around the
outside of the house, and only little
short material used for bedding, few
pigs would be killed by their moth
ers.
1t is frequently stated that the
"razor-back" when allowed to farrow
out in the woods never kills her pigs,
but 1t is not SO We have seen more
old rezor-backs going around with
only three or four pigs following
them than we ever did pure bred
sows. The truth IL that when the
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
ALASKAN INDIANS.
Black Art Among Ignorant TrIbesmen.

of the door of the hut a few minutes
later to see three or four OF the little
fellows outside holding each others
noses and blowing for dear life in an
effort to produce more pasteboards.
MY potato trick, though, brought
the show to speedy climax. II
hadn't stopped when l did I'd have
been bankrupt. asked old Isaacs
II he had a potato. The chief Or
dered his squaw to bring one, which
she did. l then called for a knife,
and with the knife / started TO cut
the potato In halves. The savages
crowded round me to watch devIop-
ments, and were amazed when the
knife struck something hard in the
centre OF the tuber. l could cut no
further, but finally worked around
the obstruction, anu when the potato
was divided there was a bright new
half dollar. | tossed the coin out
side, and You should have seen the
scramble for it.
81 didn't have to ask for a second
potato; the trick was repeated and
another half dollar given the Indians
as souvenir. A third time / was
prevailed upon by wondering hosts
to open a potato, but by this time
every buck, klootchman and papoose
In the crowd was armed with a potato
and clamoring to have it opened.
saw my finish looming up and not
very far ahead. | saw the season s
profits dwindling, and it did not re-
quire a great stretch of imagination
to picture a certain long-haired wiz
ard, stranded in the far and frozen
Northland, mushing his way out to
civilization with gaunt famine dog
ging his tracks.
Let's duck - beat it, | whis-
pered to my white companion, and
while | diverted the attention of the
scrambllng and insistent aborigines,
my pal hustled our kits OF parapher-
MALTA TO the dog sled and at the psy-
Geological moment made dash for
, liberty and we were off.
II heard since that our visit was
followed by apotatofamine in Moose
hide, for no sooner had we left the
village than the inhabitants in their
mad quest for silver half dollars ran
sacked the camps for potatoes and
cut them into bits, curslng their luck
and the white devil for their disap-
pointment. There wasn't a potato
left in Moosehide. Seattle Times.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
An Unpopular Official.

There is one public office that goes
begging in many small suburban
towns. Nobody wants the position Of
dog catcher.
1T isn't that we're afraid to ham
die the beasts" said one man who had
declined the honor, at is the fact
that the business Of running in dogs
gets everybody down on us. ! know
a mana first-rate fellow he is, too
who was made dog catcher in a
Staten Island village. He had en-
joyed the best kind OF reputation up
to the time he took that position, but
before he had held the job three
months, hardly person In the town
would speak to him. In the opinion
of the general public, to scoop up
poor little, defenseless doggies aGd
cart them away to the pound is the
furthest cry Of human ignominy. The
man who will do such a thing sinks
below the level of the official hang
man and no longer holds a place in
the esteem of his neighbors. New
York Press.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
WISE WORDS.

Wake not a sleeping wolf
Shakespeare.
When the sun shineth, make hay.
J. Haywood.
Where Boosting ends, there digni-
ty begins.-Young.
Virtue best loves those children
that she beats.-Herrick.
Women are most fools when they
think they're wisest.-Beaumon and
Fletcher.
The very truth hath a color from
the disposition of the utterer.-
George Eliot.
IT'S the common disease OF all your
musicians, that they know no mean,
to be entreated either to begin or
end.-Ben Jonson.
And IL you fall-why, rise again!
Get up and go on; you may be sorely
bruised and soied with you fall, but
is that any reason for lying still, and
giving up the struggle cowardly?-
Charles Kingsley.
Give me good Work 10 DO, that l
may forget myself and find peace in
doing it for Thee. Though l am
poor, send me to carry some gift to
those who are poorer, some cheer to
those who are more lonely.-Henry
Van Dyke.
The truly virtuous do not easily
credit evil that is told them OF their
neighbours; for, If others may do
amiss. then may these also speak
amiss. Man is frail, and prone to
evil, and therefore may soon fall In
words.-Jeremy Taylor.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Preventing Scabby Potatoes.

scab on potatoes can be very ef-
fectually controlled by soaking the
seed potatoes in a solution Of corro-
sive sublimate, dissolving two ounces
Of the powdered article in two gall
Ions Of hot water, in a wooden or
earthernware vessel.
When thoroughly dissolved add Il
to thirteen gallons of water in a clean
barrel, allowing it. to stand two or
three hours with frequent stirring IN
order to have the solution uniform.
Either before or after cutting up
the seed, place 1t in bags and dip II
in the corrosive sublimate solution
and allow 1t to stand therein for an
hour and a half, when it should be
taken out and another sack of seed
similarly treated, as long as the wat.
er holds out.
II this seed is sown on land rea.
sonably free from scab the crop will
seldom be seriously injured. How.
ever, land infested with the germs OF
potato scab will produce a more or
less scabby crop, no matter how
clean or smooth the seed used, OF
how free from fungus 1t may be.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16

fasten with heavy nail. In the up
stream side Of the log mortise piece
OF AKA material into the log securing
it with a spike nail. This latter piece
serves as a weight, in case of high.
water when the rubbish, ETC., will pass
over the gate with the force of the
water and as the water subsidies tho
weight brings the gate back into pc.
sition again. This gate II made
properly, is convenient, long lasting,
cannot be washed away and is posi-
tive proof against all kinds of stock,
as we'll as hogs.-Geo. w. Brown, in
the Epitomist. ..,,. -t...,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Can Such Things Be?

"Are the bartenders Of this town
running in opposition to the Kelley
Institute, and at the same time try
ing to knock themselves out of a
job?" asked the city salesman. 1T
looks that way. In the last week
have talked with four reformed
topers, and all told me that they
learned their cure for intemperaace
from bartenders. Their caes seemed
so paradoxical that 1 mentioned 1t to
a city missionary. He told me their
experience was not at all novel; that
he has heard the testimony OF a num-
Der OF reformed souses, who declared
that 1t was some dose prescribed by q
bartender that cured them of the
drinking habit. At that rate II looks
as II the temperance societies ought
to enroll New York bartenders among
their honorary members. New
York Press. *
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
self.Adiusting Flood Gate.

A hood-gate that is self sustaining
is pretty handy upon the farm where
large creeks pass through and much
stock is kept in proximity to them.
Take a good-sized sound oak log and
fashion 1t at each end like a windlass,
having the log long enough to reach
across the gap in the creek. At each
side of the creek bank set a good
heavy post deep enough into the
ground that it will not wash away.
At the bottom of each of these posts
fasten Just at the surface of the
creek bed the windlass-headded log,
by using two clips made Of heavy
tire-iron. Into this log bore a num-
Der of holes and place upright into
each hole a good stout oak stake and
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
CHINESE BURIAL.
Preparations Elaborate, Especially
When 1t is an Emperor's Funeral.

Preparations Elaborate, Especially
When 1t is an Emperor's Funeral.
The death of the Emperor Of China
happened far away, both in time and
distance, but the embassy which left
st. Petersburg on Saturday to attend
the funeral will find itself in ample
time for the ceremony.
The Chinese are not inclined to
hustle, especially when they are
burying an Emperor, The successor
to the throne must indulge in one
hundred days OF "unrestralned
grief" and the mourning OF less
acute nature must continue for an
other two years.
The will of the dead monarch must
be carried to the gate of Heavenly
Rest" and there read to the assem-
bled crowd. When the astrologers
appoint a favorable day the coffin is
taken to the temporary palace on the
hill within the imperial enclosure ac-
companied by the new ruler, who for
twenty-seven days presents fruit and
viands to the deceased.
Then the death name, by which
his virtues will be known to posterity,
is chosen for the dead man, and when
the powers on high and those on
earth have been introduced to his
late Majesty under the new cogno-
men, he may be removed to the
xpoodad vaIIav AFfv p,ilae from, palyin
where the dead Emperors of the
present dynasty repose. The new
Emperor goes along with it, or at
least receives it at every hating
place en- route.
Finally when food, money and
clothes have been given to the de-
ceased he is left in peace, 1t is a
long business, this funeral, and the
Russian delegates have no need to
scurry across Asia for fear of miss
ing it.-From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
How TO Use Low-Grade Rice.

The problem of utilizing the con-
siderable quantities of iow-grade,
stack-burned and stained rice that are
produced every year is again receiv-
Ing attention from rice millers and
growers in Louisiana and Texas. This
is quite natural, since the Southern
planter is compelled to pay compar-
atively high price for feeding stuffs
for his stock and could effect decid-
ed saving by using the off-grade IL 1t
could be made available.
The difficulty Of using rough rice
as a stock food is on account Of the
hulls, which irritate the intestines Of
stock and are liable to cause serious
injury. For the same reason the mix
ing of rice hulls with other feeding
stuffs Is regarded as the worst form
Of aduteration.
OF course the low-grade rice has a
high feeding value, and It is now sug-
gested that it could be put in condi-
ton for feeding by simply removing
the bulls. One of the Louisiana mill
ing companies is advocating that this
be done, and It is stated that $4,000
bags of rough rice could readily be
used in this way for stock feeding in
the rice Countrywide Industry.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
The Nerve of Woman.

"If had my wife's head and nerve
I'd own half of Wall Street in less
than five years." said the man. ut
is the way she manages the clothes
proposition that arouses me to WON
der and admiration. Here is an ex-
ample of her thrift:
early In February she bought
broadcloth dress, spring style, which,
with the extra charge for alterations,
cost s55. Well, after she got the
suit home she did not like 1t. The
store objected to taking 1t back at
first, but her persuasive tongue won
them over, and, after deducting So
for the alterations, they refunded the
money.
Last week, when nosing around
for bargains, she saw that same suit
on sale for S35. MY wife, 1t seems,
has such a peculiar figure that the
suit, after being made to fit her,
would not fit anybody else, so there
was that $50 garment. and cheap at
the price, going for almost one-third
off. She, Of course snatched up the
bargain. No more fitting or making
over was necessary, so even when
counting in her IS for alterations,
she saved SIS on the deal. I'd just
like you to show me any man who
could come out that we'll on a trans
action in clothes. New York Press.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
HOW POLICE DOGS ARE TRAINED
-onsuls Tell of Success in Using Animals in
Europe.
Europe.

The utilization of dogs as guardians
OF the public peace and in the detec-
ton and rounding up of criminals in
Europe is Interestingly described in
an illustrated monograph entitled:
Police and Work Dogs" issued by
the Bureau of Manufactures, WASH
ington. The information was gath
cred by Consul General Diederich, In
Antwerp, and Consul Johnson, in
Liege, and tells of the use of dogs
by the police in Europe. There are
in Germany almost 500 police de-
partments that use dogs. The Com
mon Council of Paris is discussing
the advisability of spending about
s2500 year for the development Of
The police-dog system.
The difficult and wonderful feats
accomplished by the Belgian shep-
herd dog are strikingly shown. The
animal is required to undergo a long,
difficult training for attack, defense
and scouting. Several animals which
came up for civil service examination
wop diplomas by going through the
training lessons with remarkable ac-
curacy and intelligence. The service
OF the police dog includes guarding
any object in the absence of its mas
ter; defense of its master when sud
denly attacked; tracing individuals;
making known hiding places BY berk-
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16

ing without biting; and keeping I'm
dividuals at bay until the arrival of
its master If flight is attempted, the
dog must attack and follow the fugl-
tive.
When a man pretends to strike the
policeman, the dog becomes savage
and leaps at the throat of the agrees
sor. Though prevented by the muz-
zle from selling such aggressors, the
dog will throw himself against the
chest with sufficient force to knock
down the strongest man. A fifty
pound dog, we'll trained, can easily
throw powerful man while on the
run.
Police dogs are also being used at
Rotterdam and in about thirty towns
in Belgium. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in selecting the animal
best adapted to such service, but the
Belgian shepherd dog finally was
chosen. He was found to be the most
intelligent, possessed of remarkable
qualities of endurance, an excellent
watch dog, active and courageous. Il
IL contepded that no matter how well
trained police dogs may be, they can
be OF little practical use in large
cities or densely populated quarters.
The best results are obtained in sub
urban districts where night watch
man nafroI n largo farritorv
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Value of Velvet Bean stubbIe.

At the Alabama Experiment Sta.
ton the stubble of crop of velvet
beans increased the yield OF the sue.
ceeding corn crop 4.3 bushels per
acre. and where the entire growth OF
vines was turned under the increase
in yield Of the first crop of corn fol.
lowing was 1913 bushels per acre, and
in the second cropof corn the increase
was "A bushels.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
How to Grow Asparagus.

When one wants to grow aspara-
gus for market be needs to know the
kind demanded by the markets to
which he will ship, for the planting
varies according as the grower wants
to make white shoots or green ones.
AS earliness is an important matter
with asparagus, the best soil for the
crop is a light and warm one.
But the most important matter IL
the enriching of the soil, for the quail
ity and size Of the shoots depend
more on the fertility of the land than
on anything else. One variety is
about as good as another IL the soil
is rich. Seed from the wild aspara-
gus that grows everywhere along the
salt waters of the Chesapeake Bay
and on the beach seldom grows to
stout size, but when cultivated in rich
soil, 1t makes shoots as large and fine
as any OF the named varieties.
Hence, II is more a matter of feed
than Of breed.
Most people when they want TO
plant asparagus send off and get a
lot of roots, which is all needless. for
with proper treatment I can get as
paragus from the seed a year sooner
than by planting the roots. I have
not planted roots for thirty years.
The preparation Of the soil previ-
Gus to sowing the seed Is the most
important matter. Get all the ma
nure into 1t you can hide with the
pillow, and good rotten manure, too;
not merely stalled straw. Then run
out burrows four feet apart, going
twice in the furrow. Fiji the furrow
half full of manure on which apply
600 pounds of acid phosphate and
100 pounds of kainit. Cover this
lightly and drill the seed.
The sowing can be done in early
spring or late autumn. As soon as
the plants are a few inches high,
thin to two feet apart. The young
plants thinned out can be trans
planted easily to other well-manured
burrows. Cultivate we'll during the
summer and apply 100 pounds per
acre Of nitrate of soda alongside the
rows, The next spring You will be
able to cut a little asparagus, but 1t
should be but little, as you want to
get the roots strong for the full crop.
In the fall apply 500 pounds of
kainit per acre, which will furnish
some potash and also as much salt as
the plant needs, and the old practice
Of applying salt can be avoided. In
the spring apply 1000 pounds per
acre of any high-grade commercial
fertilizer over the rows before growth
starts,
This is for asparagus that is to be
cut near the surface Of the soil, and
mainly green. If you want to grow
white shoots, you must make the fur
rows much deeper, a foot or more
deep, put in the manure and fer
tiliEer and SOW in the same way and
thin out, and then fill in the burrows
as the plants grow till level. Then
in the fall, after applying the kainit,
pillow burrows over the rows, making
good ridge over them. Manure in
the spring again, and as the shoots
show just at the ground pull the
earth away and cut down near the
base the proper length, But most Of
the markets are demanding green
asparagus, and the roots being nearer
the surface, it is earlier than that
deep in the beds. But the annual fer
tilization must be kept up, as the
soil cannot be made too rich for as
paragus,-W. F. Massey.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman.

ra2or-back sow kills her litter moth
ing is thought Of it; they are moi
worth much, didn't cost much. and
the loss is not much, so 1t is soon for,
g0tten.-Progressiye Farmer.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-09-16
Great Crop Expected.

The Department of Agriculture ex.
poets this years sugar beet crop to
total more than a million tons, the
greatest on record. -,-A-----,' -.---.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-22
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET.-Money on call opened at lA
rer cent. highest, per cent lowest. IA per cent;
last loan =. per cent; closing. l&Glis per cent;
r,llfng rate Is per Time money quiet
Rates were ad25z per cent for sixty days. 2l4a2i2
per cent for ninety days, 22aza4 per cent for four
months 3G3i4 per cent for five months 5@sq512 per
sent fer six months and 3lz per cent for over the
year Mercantile paper was issued with somewhat
increased freedom. meeting with a moderately
good demand here and at other centres. Rates
s54S4s pr cent sixty 10 ninety days indorsed
bills receivable, 5l-04 per cent for choice four TO
six months single names, AZ per cent for others
less well known.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-The foreign exchange
market opened steady. with cables quoted at 1870
G4S1ss. Gemsrd sterling at 4S74nsi4 s745 and sixty
oaT bills Al s-SSti s6l5- Short francs were 516'i
less 3-6 and short reichsmarks 952s495zs plus l-22
The market was shade easier in the afternoon
showing decline Of points from the opening
Cab were quoted AZ s7e= "A $40 demand sterling
al asaoefd-s74o and siXty-day bills at Asa $3.50
Short f.ancs were 5l614 less I-16 short reichs
marks So
New-York tribune., 1909-07-22
BONDS.
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Much irregularity characterized the market on
the Consolidated Exchange Early in the day the
moor traders decidedly mixed in their
views regarding the future. although the ma tority
professional opinion appeared to favor the bearish
side. Some stocks strongly bid for cOinc-
IDENTIFY with the free offering of others. On the
closing weakness most issues showed relative firm
ness. compared with quotations the Stock tx
change. Union Pacific. which was more active
than any other stock. failed to sell below 1874
against low on the other exchange of 1871 and
Reading failed to go under 1885. against f5S1.
United states Steel common an exception
however. as II went 10 70A. against low on the
other board of 7017. As matter Of fact, Steel
common had a wider price range by - Of a point
IMAM IL had on the stock Exchange. more than five
hundred shares changing hands around the OMEN
ing AT ia and us. against high price on the
other board OF 1ss total business spproxi-
mating one hundred thousand shares was dIstrfb-
uted among 6fty-eisht different issues Including
one new addition TO the list. International Paper
preferred Detailed operations follow: