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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

their awe-inspiring depths. Its deserts, in
vastness of area in potential wealth of soil
and climate and in rivers Of constant supply,
are sleeping empires awaiting exploitation and
development. Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky, the sunshine,
the wind, and sure reward for intelligent
effort. Here things are writ in characters too
vast for human pen.
The late Gov. John A. Johnson we'll said
the west symbolizes homes for the homeless,
food for the hungry, work for the unemployed,
land for the landless, gold for the penniless,
freedom for the enslaved, adventure for the
restless, dangers for the brave, an unknown
world to conquer, and room for ALL"
Irrigation has wrought its miracle and 49,
900, 900 acres reclaimed are annually produ-
cling harvests valued at more than $250,000,000
and supporting in homes of their own more
than 100000 families. The wealth of that por-
ton of the country which great statesmen in
Websters day were wont to declare worth
less is greater now than that of the entire
nation In 1860.
In the swift march Of national events dur
ing the past decade, the development of the
west has focused the attention of the world.
It furnishes one of the most inspiring pages
In the annals Of our commonwealth. It is a
story of progress and human achievement
battle with nature in her sternest and most
pOrDlQQmS dSpSCt.
Future writer's will record the irrigation
movement as an epoch in our history the far
reaching influence Of which overshadowed in
Importance any other progressive movement
since the opening to settlement Of the Missis-
sippi valley. The reclamation Of vast areas
of our arid and semi-arid regions, which is
being promoted by the federal government and
by large corporations working in conjunction
with several states. is of profound economic
Importance to the nation.
The additional opportunities thus created
.or home makers are already serving to check
the undesirable eff1ux of the country people to
the city Millions of acres of desert, I'M
leached by rain and storing in its bosom the
fertility gathered there by centuries of wash
ings from hills and mountains, are being
quickened by lifegiving water
Cities, populous and great, have sprung up;
rural communities attractive and prosperous,
broad vistas of fertile fields and poisoning
orchards whose yields are prolific beyond COM
parison, replace the wastes of sand and sage
brush.
Economic forces at work today in the
country and particularly in the arid west,
which are gradually but surely shaping our
agricultural development along new lines. In
many parts of the irrigated country agricul-
nifty among the vocations than ever before.
Its place among the scientific professions is
now recognized and it is calling more strongly
every day for the best taisst and brains
the nation affords
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

April 1, 1910. That date is memorable one
not only to the settlers, whose entries are
liable to cancellation for failure to make the
payments due, but also to the reclamation
service, which is concerned in securing the re-
turn of its investment in the engineering
works. 1t Is also matter of interest to citi
zens of the number Of sections containing fea-
sible projects, the construction of which cannot
be undertaken without additional funds. AS
the repayments are made through the local
land Offices and not directly to the service,
some time must elapse before the actual
amounts collected ere known. On number of
the projects, like Sun River. Shoshone and
Huntley, the settlers have already made their
initial payments and will not be delinquent
on the second installment until April, 1911,
which enables them to market two crops be-
tween payments. On several other projects,
such as the Minidoka, klamath, Lower Yellow
stone Belle Fourche, Carlsbad, Truckee-Car-
son, North Platte and others, the first settlers
have had the use of water for two crops, and
it is probable that a majority will be able to
meet their obligations without difficulty.
Detailed reports from various sources
each of the projects have been received at
Washington. The conditions as whole are
described as favorable for large return to
the reclamation fund. On several of the
projects there will be no delinquents. On
number Of projects the engineering work is
not fully completed, but water is ready for
large areas and is being supplied on a rental
basis pending the announcement of the actual
cost of water right. The reclamation service
has derived considerable revenue from these
sources and at the same time the farmers
have been enabled to increase the areas in
cultivation. The following financial statement
is interesting as showing the status of the
reclamation fund and the amounts which thus
far have been credited to it through the opera
tons of the reclamation service:
Total moneys received and transferred to
the reclamation fund from sales of public
lands under reclamation act to February %,
1910, $58,342, 617.02. Approximately $4,500,00O
are still in the treasury Of the United States,
but not yet available
Moneys received under operations of recla-
nation act from all sources in cash and cred
its, for work done, $2,379,475.04, divided as fol-
lows: Town-lot sales, $103,673.91; miscellane-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

candy, and invariably wears a small
hat, veil. and corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaven, and wears, be.
sides immaculate linen, careworn,
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch, presumably
to see how much of the honeymoon is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
"and wife" is written twice as large a
his own name
She never fails to ask how mar
Jumps of sugar he takes Ia his aof"
Judge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Didn't Care for EXPENSES.

They were seated at the breakfast
table.
John, DEAR" said the young wife,
this is my birthday"
Pm glad you mentioned it, darling"
rejoined her husband. 'I'll buy you
present the first thing when get
downtown"
WELL" she said, Il hope you won't
get any cheap 9S-cent affair"
"Of course 1 won't" he replied
why, would be ashamed to present
you with anything that cost less than
a dollar"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

called plantation-andf for each pur-
chase he drew a particularly polite
check. When the banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation difficult one to
understand. He had thought that the
very purpose Of banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short of money. Why, II
I'd had the money In the bank he ex-
planned, i shouldn't have written the
checks at all; should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
IN THE ANTE=BELLUM DAYS

please" pay the amount specified. Eg-
gleston says: "This custom of paying
by check so strongly commended it.
self to certain unworldly parson Of
my time that he resorted to it on one
occasion in entire ignorance and inno-
cense of the necessity of having a
bank deposit as preliminary to the
drawing of checks. He went to Rich
mond and bought years supplies for
his little place-it was too small to be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

the bearing down. / recommended it
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it. Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mol was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. I began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now have no more troubles
that way" Mrs. Al. HERzoa, 5722
Prescott Ave., st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good.
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
fammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid juniors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. It costs but trifie
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

GUS sales, water rentals, etc., $l,694,S4477r
collections on water rights, SS14145.34. This
does not include any of the moneys collected
for the water rights which were due and pay
able April l. 1910.
Among the several large projects one Oh
especial interest is located in northern wy
oming. When the springtime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks or the
lofty mountains on the eastern rim OF fe-
lowstone park thousand streams will rush
downward to fill to trimming the swift-HoWlng
Shoshone river. An important physical cnanse
will occur at that time. The flood that once,
unchecked and uncontrolled, swept madly
through the rock-walled gorge will beat itself
to stiffness against massive wall OF concrete
with which man has blocked the canon
beautiful lake, 100 feet deep and covering ten
square miles, will appear.
In this wonderful cash in the mountains,
with perpendicular walls a thousand feet high,
the government has erected the highest dam
in the world It is a wedge of concrete 32S
feet from base to top. It's height can only
be appreciated when compared with that OF
some well-known structure. New Yorks IA
NOUS Flatiron building would not reach within
At feet of the top of the dam, and the tip-top
of the dome of the United States capitol would
fall short q feet of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are thirsty,
the big gates will be opened and the pent-up
floods will be released into the river below.
Ioy q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Incorruptible,

Incorruptible.
The lady of the house hesitated.
Are my answers all right?" she
asked.
Eyes, madam" replied the census
man.
Didn't bother you bit, did II"
mo, madam"
Feel under some obligations to me,
don't your
Yes, madam"
Then, perhaps you won't mind tell
ing me how old the woman next door
claims to be?"
Good day, madam" said the census
man.
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land of boundless dis
tances the altitude is
stimulating, the air is a
tonic, giving health to
the infirm and courage
to those who have failed
elsewhere. It's constant
sunshine encourages OPP
timism and cheerful
ness. The glories of its
opal-tinted dawns, the
indescribable beauty of
it's sunsets and the
nameless witchery Of its
twilight softly melting
into night are the work
of a divine painter. i
There is a mental
and spiritual uplift in
it's mountains, whose
SUBMITS are in regions
of perpetual snow. It's
sapphire lakes, excel
ling in beauty those of,
Switzerland, open up
a wondrous field of in
terest and pleasure to
the sightseer and those
in search of rest and
recreation. The mon
archs of it's forests cast
their shadows on the
earth before the coming
Of the gentle Nazarene.
Its canons, sculp-
tured during uncounted
centuries by wind and
wave, are unrivaled in
their wonderful and
variad cO1oriDo apd in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

ly the matter came to the knowledge
Of a well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson j., and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time.
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal Of trouble"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Supply of Ready Money Matter OF
Indifference to Rich and
Poor Alike.

According to George Cary Eggles-
ton, Virginians of ante-bellum days
showed great indifference in money
matters. Money in the form of coin
was rarely seen; the planters were in
the habit of writing checks on a slip
CT foolscap, instructing the bank to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
How She ConciIiated Them.

Filmer-How did it happen that
with the woman in the nickelodeon
for not taking off her hat became SO
friendly with her afterward?
Screeners- was raining like fury
when the show was over and she in
vited them to take shelter with her
under her hat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

AuOIuCI udlll, O
low structure OF
concrete, will d.
vert the waters
through a tun-
mel 81 miles
long into a canal
which for 40
miles pa S S e S
along the upper
edge of a broad
and fertile valley
containing 15O,-
900 acres.
Two years ago
it was a desolate
waste. Today it
contains m or 9
than 200 farm
houses and three
thriving towns.
Ten t h o u S a n d
acres produced
crops last year
on this project.
With 16 farm
h GU S e S along
each mile Of the
main highways,
the valley al
ready has a SUD-
urban appear
ance.
More than ESQ
farm units Of 40
to 80 acres each
are now avail
able to entry and
offer exceptional
OPPORTUNITIES for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Women in Love,

Women in Love.
Women in love are generally trou-
blesome and prosecuting" Such is
the reported opinion of M. Emile Fa-
guet. And if a French critic does not
understand the subject, of whom shall
we seek understandings"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

This is the most
critical period in
the history of ma
tional irrigation
since the passage
of the reclamation
act, in 1902. By
public notices of the
secretary of the in
terror, issued last
year, hundreds of
water-right Install
ments, involving ap-
proximately $1,000
mn baoop,a duo On
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

Some women are beautiful when
they are angry, but generally they are
mean and ugly at such times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Not an Objection.

Not an Objection.
81 think he'd like to join your club,
but his wife wouldn't hear of it."
"She wouldn't hear of it? Why,
know of half dozen men who would
join our club if their wives couldn't
hear of It,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
HE LIVED IN THE CITY,

Papa-Why can't we see the moon
In the daytime?
Jimmie-'Cause they don't light it
up until after dark
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces in
Examination, alays pain. wind collie. 25c bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.
Oronogo, MOI was simply ner-
vous wreck. I could not walk across

Wiz hOOI w U III " w
my heart f1uttering
and l could not even
receive a letter.
EVERY month I had
|such a bearing down
sensation, as if the
Flower parts would
afan out. Lydia E.
]Pinkham's Vegeta-
3ble Compound has
Idone my nerves a
Igreat deal of good
land has alSOrelioved
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

Dr.. Pferce's Pellets small, sugar-coated, easy to
take as candy, regulate and invigorate stomach
liver and bowels and cure constipation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

Many of us have cause to- be thank
full for what we don't get.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
His Bio Bill.

HIS Big Bin.
Guest-How long is this lease Of
your hotel to run?
Hotel Clerk-What lease?
Guest-The one just gave you the
money for.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
Bride and Groom.

He carries two new grips and two
umbrellas.
He offers her his arm.
She carries nothing but a box Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22
AWfulIy Busy.

Jim-A stitch in time saves nine.
Tom-Who said that?
Jim-Gee! Amt you read your
Bible?
Tom-Nope; I amt even had time
to read the sporting page this morn
ing yet-Cleveland Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

Man cannot be happy when idle, un-
less resting from previous labor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

nire of UNPARALLELED richness from the Missis
sippi valley.
Once a wilderness unpronlising that it
evoked derision in the halls of congress, the
west has become today the land of fortune and
onnort,,nity In this
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-07-22

He spirit Of the west is
optimism and progress. 1t
is the spirit that fred the
hearts of our forefathers
who erected in the prime
val forests of New Eng
land the superstructure of
the greatest nation on
earth. 1t is the optimism
and faith which imbued
their descendants who
carved an agricultural en-
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Notice of Commissioners Sale
on Foreclosure of Mortgage

In the Superior Court of the county of Amador,
State Of California.
Helen X Walker and Eleanor NJ. Fonda, plain
tffs, vs.. Gold Top Mining Company, u corpora
tion, First Doe ct al, defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure issued out of the Su-
perlor Court Of the county Of AmadOr, State Of
California, on the 4th day OF April, 1910 in the
above ntttled action wherein Helen Walker
and Eleanor M. Fonda, the above named plain
tiffs, obtained a Judgment and decree against
the Gold Top Mining Company, defendant, on
the said 4th day Of April, 1910 which said decree
was, on the 9th day Of April, 1910, recorded in
Judgment Book ~" OF said Court. at page 3S1,
am commanded to sell;
All hose certain lots, pieces or parcels Of land
situated in the county OF AmadOr, State OF Cali
fornia, and bounded and described as follows, 10
witt
The Orchard Placer Mining Claim, being the
north u of the southeast a of the southwest
"A OF Section 80 in Township North Range y E.,
NJ. D. b. 4 NJ. and containing 20 acres, more or
less, together with all rights and privileges ap-
purtenant thereto
Also, all OF Lot in Block in the town of Pine
Grove. Amador county, State of California and
containing 24.9 acres OF land, more or less to-
gether with all rights and privileges appurtenant
thereto,
Notice is hereby given that on SATURDAY the
30th day OF APRIL, 1910 at 10 O'Clock a m. of that
day, in front OF the Court House, in the City OF
Jackson, county OF Amador, State Of California
| will, in obedience 10 said order OF sale and
foreclosure. sell the above described property or
plaintiffs judgment with interest thereon and
COSTS to the highest and best bidder for cash, in
gold coin OF the United States.
Dated the 5th day OF April, 1910
JAS. JAY WRIGHT.
ap8 Commissioner.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Woman More than 100
Years Old Beaten
BY Stranger

Mrs Castilda Rodriguez, who says she
is more than 100 years old, lies in a
dying condition at the Central Emer-
gency Hospital as the result of injuries
inflicted by an unknown man, who she
says, attacked her with hatchet. De-
tectives Bell, and policeman Powers
have been in search for her assail-
ants, but so far have failed to find
clew to their identity.
Mrs Rodriguez was found by small
boys lying en- the floor of her home at
7S Alta street. She was unconscious,
and the blood was flowing from
numerous ugly gashes in her head and
face. She regained consciousness after
removal to the Central Emergency
Hospital, and told the police that she
had been attacked by a stranger, who
called at the house to see her husband.
The police have been unable to locate
either stranger or the husband of the in
iured woman.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Confucius.

Confucius regarded his own life as q
failure. He spoke against ambition,
yet he coveted high office, nothing less
than that of political adviser to some
great ruler. A man of the highest
lineage in China, he was yet poor and
early supported himself by teaching.
His pupils showed him an eXtraordi-
nary devotion. The pick of the young
men in his native state of Lu sat at
his feet, and it was they who trans
mitted his tremendous influence. But
Confucius saw not his immortal sue
cess, but his temporal failure. Only
for few brief years did circumstances
permit him to exercise his practical
genius for government. He became
first a magistrate, then chief criminal
Judge in Lu, and, to quote Professor
Legge, "crime ceased" Confucius.
however, became dissatisfied with the
ruler whom he served. a weak man
who neglected his duty and gave him
self up more and more to dissipation.
so he resigned his post and banished
himself.-London Spectator.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Assessors Notice

Jackson, Cal, February 81, 1910
For your convenience 1 will be in the follow
ing places assessing Real Property Personal
Property. and collecting Road and State Poll
Taxes for the year 1870 Be prepared TO pay
your personal taxes and give in 10 full assess
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Don't Give Up.

Among some skaters was a boy so
small and so evidently a beginner that
his frequent mishaps awakened the
pity of n tender hearted if not wise
spectator.
why. sonny, you are getting all
bumped up" she said. 81 wouldn't
stay on the ice and keep falling down
so; I'd just come off and watch the
Others"
The tears Of the last downfall were
still rolling over the rosy cheeks, but
the child looked from his adviser to
the shining steel on his feet and an
swered half Indignantly:
81 didn't get some new skates to give
up with; got 'em to learn how with"
Life's hard tasks are never sent for
us ''to give up WITH" they are always
intended to awaken strength, skill and
courage in learning how to master
them.-Selected.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
Services at
Methodist Church

On Sunday morning, May Is, the
pastor will preach on "What chris
tanity has done for women. - He will
speak of women under the old Roman
law, and under early Tentonic sway, and
under the oldest and best religions of
the east.
He will speak of the conditions of
women under the teachings of Con-
fucus and of Buddha and of Brahma,
and of Mohammed and then give the
bible idea of woman, and prove that
the lofty position held by women to-day
is due to christianity.
The church should, be filled with
women to hear this important subject
discussed. All are cordially invited.
In the evening the subject will be
Repentance and its effects The
public is invited to both services.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-13
THE UMPIRE WAS GAME.
And He Made the Kiekers Play Out
the Last Inning.

the Last Inning.
Speaking of the doings Of the veter-
an umpires, an old timer claims that
Honest John Kelly is entitled to the
record for freak doings among the in
dicator handlers Back in the Ameri-
can association days, in game played
on the old Union grounds in Alleghe-
ny, Calvin was pitching for Pittsburg
against Casey Of the Athletics. Kelly
was the umpire. In the ninth inning,
with the score 5 to 0 in favor
Of the Athletics. the first man up for
Pittsburg made a home run hit to cen
ter, and the visiting team at once set
up claim that it was too dark to play.
The center fielder came all the way
in and pretended that he could not see
the ball in the gathering darkness.
"IIere," said Kelly; give me a glove"
and with that he started for center
field. "I'll see how dark it is out there"
he said. "You, Casey and Calvin. bat
me out a few" Players and specta-
tors gasped, but Kelly made good his
bluff. He went out to deep center
and. with the smoke or the mills lying
low about him. actually caught ten or
fifteen long line drives and high flies
from the bats of the two pitchers with
out missing one.
Then the umpire came in and, taking
off his glove, said: "Play bail. If 1 can
see 'em out there. you fellows can"
The game was resumed. and the Pitts
burgs won in a great batting rally by
6 to 5.-New York World.