Amador ledger., 1910-04-29
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
News of Interest from
Nearby Counties

ECIlO.
Sam Hawkins has resigned his posi-
tion at the Preston school and has taken
charge of the Peerless livery stable for
D. Mccall. Echo.
Mr. Jones, consulting engineer for the
Mountain Copper company, has been in
lone for a few days, looking over the
prospects TOR copper in this vicinity.
The prospects are good for copper boom
here before long. Echo.
James Parkison, for many years a
resident of lone and vicinity, died at
his residence in San Jose on Monday,
and the remains we're brought to lone
for interment Thursday. Mrs Parkison
accompanied the remains and is the
guest of Mrs w. D. Amick. Nj Parki-
son was very we'll known here, and
highly respected. This is the second
time within year that Mrs Parkison
has visited lone on the same sad errand
Echo.
English sparrows are doing consider
able damage to vegetable gardens in this
vicinity. The birds were brought here
to destroy pest, but are now greater
pest than the moth they DESTROYED.
Several counties have put bounty of a
cent each on the birds, and in this
manner their destruction is being en-
compassed. They multiply rapidly, and
soon after descending on garden leave
no trace of the small leaves just shoot
ing up from the ground. jamestown
Magnet.
Richards of Angels gave show here
Wednesday evening. There was show
at the hotel about II O'Clock the same
night, when Miss Sadie Schultz rushed
into her room at the hotel and spied the
two dummies placed there by practical
jokes during her absence. The dummies
we're cleverly constructed and while one
reclined peacefully upon the bed the
other stood guard at the foot of the he'd
in so natural a position that after one
glance the young lady gave such un-
earthly screams as she ran that everyone
in the hotel rushed into the corridors
and to the room. The young lady was
dreadfully frightened, but did not COL
lapse, and when the cause of the alarm
was investigated and the young lady
fully recovered, all enjoyed the Joke.
Two of our girls who did not attend the
show were the guilty parties. 1t was
lots of fun of course, but it might have
been serious. Record
Hon. c. H. Dunton delivered an nj
struCtive and entertaining lecture at the
Methodist church in this city Saturday
night upon the subject, Juvenile
Crime and Juvenile Reformation as seen
from the Inside. ;" AS superintendent
of the Preston school OF industry, and
also as a member of the board of trus-
tees Of that institution a dozen years
or more, Mr. Dunton has had exceptional
opportunities for familiarizing himself
with his subject, and being an apt
scholar and a good speaker, he was
thoroughly equipped to entertain an
audience in any. wise interested in the
youth of our state. Those who heard
the talk are loud in their praise of the
manner in which Mr. Dunton acquitted
himself. Nugget
x-superWsor John Mitchell OF Oak
land, who is candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for member OF the
state board of equalization from this
district, is now out making an active
campaign for the purpose of securing
the nomination. The district is COM
prised of Alameda, Alpine, Amador,
Calaveras, Contra Costa, Ell Dorado,
Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joa-
quin and Tuolumne conuties, being the
second equalization district. The pre-
sent incumbent is Alexander Brown,
who has been a member of the board for
twelve years, and is now president of the
body. Mr. Mitchell was supervisor of
Alameda county for twelve years; he is
also actively interested in chamber of
commerce and promotion work and is a
well-known business man in Oakland, -
Prospect,
The most important matter occurring in
many months was the voluntary action
taken this week in regard to reajust'
ment OF the water rates, whereby ma
terial reduction has been made by the
Sierra & San Francisco Power Company
to the users. This reduction is in line
with the announced policy of the local
manager, ]. 7. Anderton, who recently
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