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THE UNION-RECORDER, MILLEDCEVILLE. CA., NOVEMBER 6, 19!0
heirs omoe fortune of
MIN MtSSMfi 69 YEMS
Canadian Disappeared S3 yian Ago
and Haa Baan Haard From
Only Onca 8Inca.
MKBIS FORCE RAILROAD nny nim nmno
to go our of business BUY BUILDINGS
CrookMwt Railway |„ tha World la i
Walkad to Death by San
Franciacant.
FOR P.D,SERVICE
Ron From ,. Saving of $10,003,003 Seen
Bus Francisco.—Walking a railroad l b • ’
out or business may sound like an Brown if Program
Impossibility bat San Francisco hlk. Is Carried Out.
have done Just that
known aa the 1 Waablnittoa-InresUsatlon of tbo
cro ueuest railroad In the world j postal leasing situation In vnrloua
Montreal.—In view of the fact that
John Hughes disappeared from hla
home here 83 years ago after the
death of his mother, and has not been
heard of 'lurhj* the last 00 years, all
d^rlded^between a** nenwf wmn 7*iT ‘“"7““ ,n tne wor,d j po8tul ,ea3ln & altuatlon In various
wIU iiuche- and his flvi j-hnSTI* ! JT° 'J ,l> Wny t froni Mill Valley up J cities has convinced Postmaster Gen-
U I ? * OI ‘f lUe * umra,t of Mount ernl Brown the government could save
according to a ruling of Justice Jo- | Tamnlpals. one of the scenic spots of $10,000,000 In the next 20 years by buy-
*e P h A r cha™Mlt; I * Iar, “ county, across the bay from | ing more limn 100 buildings now un-
10 3 | Tnhn Untrti m ii CaJrt ^ Frnnc,8co - der Lease, It was learned recently,
said that John Hughes disappeared In j The road mn through Muir woods, * * *
a beautiful stand of redwoods and’
then doubled hnck and forth up the
2.001 feet to the peak of Tamalpals.
Business was good.
Then a few hikers appeared and
soon a climb to the summit became
more popular than the train ride.
Trails were built, hiking clubs were
organized and finally now. the Tnmal-
heard of until the
year 1SC1, when s letter wus received
from him by a friend in Montreal. At
that time ae was unmurrled and Uv-
Ing In New York.
The letter, which proved to be the
only information ever received by the
brunch of the family here regarding
the whereabouts of Uuglies, came Into __
the possession of the nephew, James j pals and Muir railroad ceased oDcra-
Hughes, 20 years Inter. In 1881. | tlons.
Eighteen years Inter. In October, 1809, I An automobile road aided the talk-
the letter was lost In u lire. ! ora, of course. In making the operation
When the letter was written the of a railroad unprofitable. It Is a fact,
writer was twenty-five jears old. As < however, that the railroad and nuto
far as can be learned through un ex* | road got along very well together for
tensive search, no trace has been | several years until the hiking craze
found of Hughes. The nephew und started.
his family believe they ore the sole 1 There are four trails to the penk of
heirs of the missing umn and they Tntnnlpnis und every Sunday hundreds
asked the court to place them in pos- j of hikers are trudging over them
session of nny property belong to him. , while the nuto road, at which tolls
The iH-tition was granted.
The petitioners ure James Hughes,
James Edward Hughes. Jr., Michnel
Arthur Hughes, Miss Edith Hughes,
Mr?. John Paul Ferlund and Mrs. Je
rome Joseph Poirier.
are collected, dobs not do n rushing
business.
It Is npproxlametly 20 miles from
the hay to the top of the mountain.
Hikers from San Francisco take nn
electric train to Mill Volley nnd then
hike the 10 miles. If the short mute
Is selected, up tiie 2,001 feet.
Hundreds of the hikers go only to
Muir woods, or to other favored re
treat*. hut lately It has oecome a sort
of badge of bailor to make the climb
Use Cigarette Butts
to Make New Smokes
Peiping, Chinn.—A one-man tobacco
factory which has Its solo source of
raw materials In discarded cigarette ®11 the way up.
butts has been established outside the I No particular class dominates In the
Chlenmen gate here by a wrinkled old hiking throngs ns over the same trail,
Chinese artisan with a perpetual smile, panting nnd sweltering over the rocks
lent has engaged a number will be found day laborers, shop girls.
of Chinese hoys nnd girls to search
Peiping's streets for discarded cig
arette butts. The little searchers
pounce on the cigarette ends ns soon
as they nre thrown ‘away, and shunt
gleefully when some Improvident
smoker throws away
cigarette.
The one-man factory does not con
ceal its methods. The old man sits
cross-legged nt the side of the street
and will make Ids “special blend" cig
arette for you while you wait. Every
thing Is In the open air.
One of the children nppenrs with
a small basket filled with clgnrette
butts. The old man begins carefully
to unr: vel them taking care to remove
all the tobacco they contain.
Usually be keeps the different kinds
of cigarette ends separate, as his
patrons often have preferences for
one kind or another. A rickshaw
coolie comes along and orders n single
cigarette, usually designating the kind
of tobacco be prefers. The old man
selects a number of butts of the kind
mentioned and skillfully rolls the to
bacco Into a new cigarette. The
patron goes off happy.
school teachers and bnnkers.
The only division is In the class of
hiker—speed or pleasure. The speed
sters, carl tori in running suits, seek
to establish records while the others
nre content to devote th«* day to the
of his : climb, seeking only the Joy that comes
I from exercise Id the fresh air.
Brown Is planning to transmit to
congress next December a list of tin
cities r.nd sites where be believe* It
would be best for the government to
buy properties now being rented.
Meanwhile, the department Is Infor
mally inquiring Into prices of the prop,
ertles sought
8p«nds $1fi,COO,OCO Yearly.
The department spends annually
$1S.OOO.OOO for rental of postal build
ings. This system wns nssnlled In con
gress during the last season when
It wns charged that excessive rentals
are being paid In many cases. Acting
under authority of the Blaine resolu
tion, n senate subcommittee Is now in
quiring separately Into postal leases.
Acting JYivtransier General Coleman
sold tbo department bad been making
Its own Inquiry for nix months and
also has co-operated with the senate
committee by giving It all needed data.
“While substantial economies are
possible If the government should buy
the buildings It rents,” Coleman udded.
*1t Is fnpract!cable to do t!i!» In
i-nt (
dy part of :
Uses E-rth a. Base
for Face Powder
London, England.—A new substnnee
for fare powder Is claimed to have
been discovered by N\ Ingram Ilen-
<Ioy. young retail chemist, who says
the earth substance hitherto used only
for chemical filtration purposes makes
n more Ideal powder than the present
ones which have rice and starch pow-
d'T as their base. Hendey snys the
deposits which nre n peaty substance
known as Dintomaceous earth, nre
found only near water (either salt or
fresh), nnd that when dry they form
“ v light nnd porous powder which
1 toilet use.
U hie;.
Soldiers Protest Pay
to Remarried Women
Pari At n turbulent meeting of
the National Federation of Ex-Soldiers
it was brought out that while many of
the French ex-soldlers have hardly
any means of subsistence there are In
re 330,000 war widows who, al- Family Eats 50 Pounds
Hair Off With “Hid*
But Not $10,000 Worth
Los Angeles.—From a tiny wart on
the top of a pretty girl’s head arose a
$10,000 damage suit.
But neither the wnrt nor all the
trouble alleged to have resulted from
Its removal wns worth thnt much
money, decided Superior Judge Myron
C. Westover in denying the girl dam
ages.
Miss Evelyn Isliell, eighteen, had
sued Brooks Montgomery, n druggist,
for $10,000. Site alleged that Mont
gomery' poured a liquid oh her bead
to remove the wart.
The wart came off, hut so did her
hair, nnd the arid affected her ability
to speak. Miss Isbell declared.
Montgomery called exitert witnesses
to prove thnt the wart medicine could
not have done the linrm alleged.
building. To buy the many small sub
post oli'.crn now rented would not <
a worthwhile saving because mat
these smaller places are In only
Scouts High Rent Charges.
Charges thnt the post office Is pay
ing higher rentals than warranted by
property values were vigorously de
nied by Coleman, who declared the
government Is paying less In most
case than adjoining lessees. lie said
this was made possible because busi
ness men have offered lower rents to
obtain a sub-post office In their neigh
borhood.
Even a $19,000,000 saving. Coleman
said, would do little to reduce the de
partment's annual dcflclt. "We will
always have a deficit under present
rates even with the economies now
being effected.” he said.
Brown has announced Ids Intention
of asking congress to Increase the
first-class mall rate to 2% cents. He
estimates rids additional revenue will
suffice to eliminate the deficit after
the economy program hns been adopted.
In connection with ilie economy pro-
gram, reorganization of the sendee In
30 “key” cities Is now In progi
Coleman said.
Trial Marriage Frowned
cn by French Official*
Purls.—The question whether trial
mnrrlages ought iot to he tolerated by
French Inw has been raised l>y an
Incident which him Just occurred In
Morocco. One Maurice Addnd, a Mor
occan Jew, presented himself nt a
registration office nnd asked thnt the
official seal lie affixed to a contract
of bethrothal.
This contract provided that he und
his flnnrco should be betrothed for
18 months, but that during thnt time
they should share the same dwelling
on terms of perfect freedom. The
bethothnl. In fact, wns to amount to
a trial marriage.
The officials refused »o set their
seals upon such a contract, ulthough
U wns witnessed by the parents of
both the young mnn und the girt
though they have remarried,
drawing pensions.
The ex-soldlers hold thnt u war wid
ow who ims remarried might well ex
pect her husband and not the state to
wide for hei
Danube River Deaths
Bring Stricter Rule*
Bulupost. Hungary.—To * minimize
. ’^-iber °F deaths from drowning
Danube, which divides Ruda-
l H " i t Int.. the twin cities of Buda nnd
u ‘'**' " municipal council Ims doubled
1 r «'f river gunrds and life-
T “ ' : the remainder of the sum-
, J r ! Us made It Illegal for nny
... j' , ' 1 ‘ Hie river In n canoe with-
i ussed a swimming nnd
Lead* Choir
ia -o* Angele* Church
—A packed audience at
'bod 1st church here heard
' ' • 104, lead the 150 voices
' "itn all the aplomb of u
r I; df his years.
, v ' a8 11 noted chorus director
7" righty-three years ago und
■ active m music work ever
Join Th. Bod Crau
of Flour at One Meal
Atlanta, Gn.—Up nnmng the north
Georgia mountain tops Is n big family,
one that Includes a set of triples, nine
sets of twins, numbers nearly four
score, and eats 50 pounds of flour at a
meal. Dr. Joe P. Bowdoln, deputy
health commissioner, has the name of
the flfty-scven-year-old grandmother
on his records, he says. The woman
Is the mother of 18 children. Includ
ing the triplet* and three of the sets
of twins. Her grandchildren Include
six sets of twine, nnd there nre 50
of them, the oldest being fifteen.
Austrian Judge Allow*
Dog to Pick Hi* Home
Mood ling, Austrln.—“The dog has
the right to decide for Itself,” wai
verdict rendered by n Moedllng m
trate after hearing tlie pleas and t
ter plea3 of two women. One o.' them
had owned the dog. hr.t bad turn
out to starve, and the other, finding
the dog lying exhausted In the hallway
of her house, restored It to health
with fond and kind attention.
Suiting his actions to Ids words, th-
magistrate released the dog In the
middle of the court after placing Ill-
two women at opposite mils of the
The dng chore Ids bunrfzitress.
r.3r.r-*:q*jim Br.73 Z*rd
That Took R'n?' .failed
Paris.—And. they Raid she dl In't
shoot the magpie fir pnliMcity.
A mannequin working In u I’.irls
dressmaking house recently had her
ring stolen und swallowed by an In
quisitive
hunting
blond pt
nnd shot the bird dead.
The police arrested her for Infrac
tion of the law. When her case came
before the court she fulled to appear
and was sentenced In default.
She has now appealed to a higher
court—and the newspapers!
nngple. Although magpie
s nut of season, the pretty
r from her purse
Botanist Give* 10,000
Specimen* to College
Cleveland.—Edo Nlcholns Clunsen,
ninety-seven years old. has donated
10.000 hotnnlcnl specimens, represent
ing a collection which took more thnn
n half century to make, to Western Re
serve university here. Clnnsen tramped
over Italy. Germany nnd parts of the
United States getting the specimens.
Prisoners in Revolt;
Demand Better Films
Hamburg.—Forty youthful Inmates
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Couple Wed After °
63-Yecr Courtship
Ilorscll. England. — Charles
Rlanclsford. elghty-seven, mar
ried Miss Grace Hollands, eighty-
five. r.fl-r n G5 year courtship.
of a refer
dated nt I lie ceremony, permit
ted the conple to march to their
carriage from the altar to the
rhythm of » Jazz band that
serenaded them outsitk the
church.
rioted, partly wrecking the building.
After police and firemen bail quieted
them they explained that they bad
revolted because they wanted to be
transferred to a nearby prison “where
better movies were being shown."
London Woman Tastes
3CD Kinds of Tea a Day
London.—Margaret Irving tins one
of the most unusunl Jobs In England.
She Is a tea-tnster, und the only worn
an employed In such n capacity In the
country. Every day the samp'es near
ly 300 different teas, nnd she can dls
ooooc-ccc-zooooocoog-CG-c^go-o j tlngulsh every otse of them.
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