Calaveras High School - Skull Yearbook (San Andreas, CA)

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MY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH BIRTHDAY Qome tlme ago the Regent of the Natlonal Unlverslty at WaShlHgt0H asked me one of the oldest cltlzens ln the UHIf9d States to wrlte an artlcle on the general progress of the country To day my blrthday seems a very sultable tlme to fulfill the request I was born January slxteenth 189o one hundred and five years ago to day A I vlew the world retrosp ctlvely I can but mar vel at the progress It has made ln that short tlme Certalnly progress has been strldlng ln seven league boots She has not pressed on ln one dlrectlon only but IH all dlreetlons SINCE my llfe has been one of happlness and SIDCE I have about llved It out I am ready and eager to leave tllls world and seek the next Spe aklng of belng eager to leave t IS yvorld remlnds me f the leeas a f.XlSt6fI xyhen I was a boy member well that ln my vouth most people looked upon the passage from thls world to the next VV1tII tear rather than wlth yoy They thought everythlng evzlsted on earth alone and that lt was thelr duty to crowd as much llto thelr llxes as posslble and get all the materlal happlness they could They thought that xx he'1 llfe ended here that xx as the end of every tlllng or at least they appeared to have that lCI63.1f they are to be judged from the way they serambled after the Almlghty Dollar Tnat Almlghty Dollar was thelr God and they squeezed and shox ed and pulled eaeh other to and worldly but strlxe to help each other lnd the yxolld gets along much better In spnaklng of the progless nlade by the r d ln late ye lls sl tll it It lb dlle thls adv ineelne nt that I im lllle to xxrlte as I am to dav I p untll flye months ago I yxas totally IJIIIICI dullng perlod of tyyo yeals Flxe months ago I learnel that a eertaln SUI geon Dr Ilexls Car et had CIIbCONtI'LfI a sule eure fol bllniness I xxent to see Dr Calret yxhose ofhee ls on the lllnetx seyenth story of the Qudlxtllltlft bulldlllg here ln ban ld.llLl5C0 He lemoyeel lny eyes and a er xx as llllg thenl Ill e o Ins solutlons u IfIltIII baek ln place Io and behold I eould oo 1 o o e f XSIIIIIOVK could dlscern the smallest objects on M xrket Qtreet nlnety seven storles below So yvlth my eyes restored I can easlly operate my dlc toscrlbe Thls lIlCtOSC!'lbC wrltes the speech of any person as fast as the person speaks I often smlle when I thlnk how laborlously ln my younger days I plodded along yvlth a pen when now all a person has to do In to spe tk and hls words are xyrltten before hlm Type wrltels and dlctophones have been out of use ever slnce the dletoscrlbe vxas lnyented by Edlal1I'lTI1OIUl1S ten y ars ago I am xvrltlng ln Engllsh today Just to keep brushed up III lt Ihardly ever speak It any more 'md rarely ever hear any one else speak It hyeryolle nowadays speaks Esperanto Wl'1lCIl has been unlversally adopted by all the natlons It ls common everyday oreurrence to see l group ot men of dlfferent natlonalltles COIIXKI lllg' to gether on the streets I have llved here ln gre atel qll Franelseo steadlly ever slnee 1970 and c in rec 1ll plilllly all the changes tllat haye taken place remember xyhen there were eyen automoblles trollev cars and eleyated lallyy ays on Nlarket street Fhese sloyx means ol travel haye been out of use lll the lalge eltles for oyer forty years and are alloxyed only IH the eountly They yyere thought to be too slow as m ans ot tlavel III the eltles and xyele sueeeeded by overhead monoruls ITIOVIIIQ' sldeyx llk and e eetrlc trlyellng tubes Il 1 es I ean 1 a plaee reseryed lll the park io tl ern XVIlllt people go and gale upon them VIIIIII yyondel IS Illugllt that they xxlll soon be o It txtlnct as the bulfllo fhe most populal mode ol travel It present lg the aero expless Aeroplanes and fllI'lglIJILQ are stlll used to ome evtent beloyx the thous and foot leyel but the lavx IOIIJIKIS them to go hlg er I'he sp me aboye that KILXZIIIIOII ls reserxed tor the aelo explesses hleh 1 e operated by the IIlft'IeOIlt1llf ltal -Xellal NHVI gatlon Company lme lom xn FIBJICI co to Neyx Xork Oll tll aelo express lb Illde lours ll x ast Tlllll-,IAN ENLIIIIIT about slx o elock I boalded an expres at the ml e hlgll I'e1ry loyyer 'lhe Imcprmss rose to P L . x h . .K Y . 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t ll Illlbllllidlll 1 iuu 119 NL H1111 0111111 kr V t at t sy W Q chscoxriccl Iiwtui, Gerald ppolic Lonrul qulvklx ru iun own It me to thc lar unulidr Luc vu savs then go north I 1111 111 ught to fmfl the t 1112114 11 1 stay he1 1 no w s xxlll hm situ 1 ms f the tl 1 ll 1 11 nustmd xx hat Com ul 1111 111! to flu u111 uuncl 1 mm lf clown III tlm FJNIIIL x uk 01 114111 ard tmturf fmni hls suxan xxhuh told IIIIII that QOIII ul hful g'1YllI hmiwli vm xallxul 011 al tlu tlmf lu heard Lornarl s Wild bhuplx 111 hi e 111 and the growl of the hung1v wolves I must xx alk Iastnr hc lxfpt lkpidatlllg to hmiwll I must vw 1llx faster Ch xmas are '1 xxolf s following mx tiacks nom A1111 xx 'illxmg for anothnr hour he hcg'm il1Xkl muph fn hu He- Qtlll stmgqlu 011, uiih thi anon l1Lf1t111g into his fun at uni Q 1 S 14111 1 11 mmf to A11 opgn 11 au 111 s ntul to xxmcl iti V1 xx LIHIQW and was wlthin twcntv rods of hw calvin when he lulircl the limb of a true crlck H 111111141 dlOUIlIi quickls and thfrc befora h1s uns was the grev wolf H112 hoalt tuinecl colrl is he chcvs his rmvolxer frwn lIlS pocket Boom Bd gg raxig the lcpolt IN 1 v1olf3ul11pcrlat him 1 x C ol' I haw mwgul l'l1ITl he gro.111ecl fs. mom It 1 di 1 l 4 slmulrlrr 1.11fl his breath v..1s hot on hli tlll0'1t mg 1521115.15 ' rang thc rspolt 11551111 rilllk 1111111 thi wolf s hold buame up akfr aml ll .1ru1cl all hi fall ovcr ce bu ilcl wx 15 vxoumlul His Llothee, vsuc torn, and lllk should r bleeding He tried to rise bu all 111 xam 'Ihc wound was dup and In xx ax slovllx blnedmg to death He raised himself on h1s elbow while he gasped through IN L ba I Am glXlIlg Has he dd um 1 c.1l1111 at home at last tor Thanks lxcpt hm proxmse HIILIVNAQ al 110 .1 his home 111 1 1 11 nc X11 h TKIIPXX 1 151 S'lI'VV Xll THE BRO YEN SOLITUDE P L x 0 1 11111 t 11 1 IX thi x0 111111 ulitu 1 1 1 N 1 111t1 Thm moon lools cluvsn fmm up 1111 high c 1le1111st1css of tha s 1 l1'1 1 1 lnndi off 1 1 lt 1 4 n 4 111 1111 111 1111111111 1 L r JXN i QM 1 II 1 tw 1 1111 h' l1 1' 11111 ':'1 l. 1 1' -', ' S ' '1 , , I -1 1- 1' 1 - 1 2 Q Y- Y 1. ' ' 1 .2 I Y1 1 fl tl 1 rav' 1 : ge. 11 1 1 ' 1 J, 1 1 ' 1 I.. '. U: ,z , 4 Vik ,.V.,L. A. , 1 . . 'K .. . yi 0 ' 15. Bw' 'l1.l,l. I 1 ,:.' , '1' '1 1 '1 . will .1 4' 111. Th- ' l 1 sz 'fficrl , 'n . ' '1 1, 2: th' witl 1, ur '111 1. Ge 'z' lrl climln' f lly ' ' 1 ' ' . u11l1'.': ' 7 'z 11 , I.lllO NI-' SL. 1 ' , ' . f li ,J1 ' ' 1 1 1, :mtl l111z11'cl 11 Ill . 1111t tl 1 wclf h' l hin Jy th' shrj, , ' . ' . 1 , , Al. K. ,. ,. t' K, , v 1 ,. v. K. 'L . K I ' ' ' 'z f ' Ba , V . 'V 1 1' 'fz'. tu thu- 1 lvvs. He x '1 :111 011, hut all ' ' , 1 ' 'J 1' '12 1 . 1 ' 1 1 ' lg ' i ' afl,1 1 ' 1 gait, 1 1 1 , I ad. ':1'. Q 'z' .. L ' '1 ' 11. , :, v- , . -v 11 , v 4 . , Y 1 ' f' to 1'c1aliZctl111t hiv was giving out and could not his pale lips, I have kept 'my promise, Y., , it ,.. L' . M .1 fI,1.. . . 1 L.- -- I v ' xl ' . D ' I J 1 ' X ' ' I Y. I I :M11 . Su l l- lj l 1 11 1 ' 1 l 7 1h' ' 1 '. ., . ' wl 1 '11 11 small path :t1 ' 1 ' . 'rj up h P :L last: but t ' t ': ' the l 1 . llc haul ' ml l . . , 1' arml 1' ' . pail at lustf ll1 su 'L1l 011 'ii 1 'ml l'I'I'. .I 'I .- I . 'I4. 7 I . Nfl :1 1'ipplc1sti1'stl11 lzilwg 'l'hf1 g1111tl11 wzxw c' ull al' 1 Av: i' 1: l 1 s ' 4l11, No' 111 tl 11 stillmus 11:11 ' 'lHl1'. Th 1 f:1i1', 11: 1 sky. SI11 1 s full svay t'll '1' l' lay. A11l I 11 sh 1 slowly 1m1l1,s 2 vuy. 'I'h1 r 1 1 11' II 1 'of Ihr- t1'411s, 'l'h 1 g1111tlc1 fz1lli111,, ui' SU11111 lvzixws Nr ' zzul th1111, tl1 1 51111111 to luliv 'l'l141 lfm 1lim1ss l1'f11 vl'ULIll1l Lh1 lzxliv. l.I'lSl,ll'l S'l'l'IWAli'l' '11 UZ?

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a he1ght of about se1enm1lcs and then shr1eked along 1ts course I could see other expresses flashlng by 1n all d1rect1ons Every l1ttle 1vh1le our traln would g11e a sh11ll whlstle, and the on commg tra1n would answer 111 return lt was 11511639 to try to look do1v11 and see tl1e earth br cause lt was too far below and, bes1lcs the elouds were between As a result of several coll1s1ons the law fol bade a11y rxpress to travel 1n or below the clouds After HI'I'lXll1,Qf 111 New York I took an aer1al cab up fOXXl1 but 1n our Hlght 111 VSLIQ stopped by an aerlal pohceman for ex ce1 d1ng the speed llmlt The p1lotdr1v1ng th1 craft pa1d the hne and contmued 3.tt9l1dGll to what busmess I had, and at ten o clock 11 as on my YK ay back to San FFHHCISCO About the year 1915 a falr was held hele, and e1 Q11 ten years slnce tl1at date the fa1r ha been repeated, but on a much larger a11d g1a11de1 stale T11e11ty years later 1111935 the c1o11ds passlng across the bay were so large th it the fer11 boats subways and the e-1gr1tde1l l1111lge llilllllllg' tl1e bav eould llOt a1eomn1o1late tlllm I'lVlIlg ferry boats VSLIL en 11t1luee1l t 1ar1v tl1e ove1fiow o people lh DIUQIRSH made 1n 111v1gi1t1on lll past 1r s een lltlltlll ll l reta e n1 KlUllllg' 1111 1 1 1 p ople loo 1 Ktbllfltl on thot 1n1l 1 one 1 sl ,1 e 11 111 1111111 Il 1an1 1 1 1 511111 11us1111lfeet f 1 Ill 1 11 o 1ol1l111g hity t ousand p1opl 111111 Slit el t01Kll S K Ol Y I UL CUUTS a111t1on baseball dl el Iootball gl0llIltlS, the 1 res, 11s au1 lll s ne 111 1ooms 'l IIS e1gl1t m1les p11 hou1 and plles b tv11111 N111 ork and Lo111lo11 I 1m 111 Tlfdlllt sank a1l KXLFE one t1ought that lt ull n11er l se Il agal Twenty XLAIS Ll lt 11as rnsed b1 a Nllttlxlllg' rompan 1aft11 f 1 uel1sac 1essel 1 NK IN llllls Ale 11st gmng out o Ck 15 1nee ess 1 ea 1011111 t 11 1 ae11 Ss 111 out dlltlffl e 1 s ll 1 Ill 11 1 15 1 1 N llt f 11s be g1catl5 lmpTOVSd Radlum has ehsplace-el gunpoweler, electrlclty has taken the place of cannon balls and 1nv1s1ble dreadnaughts and steel a1r ShlpS have been IH use s1nee 19110 Amerxcas late war Wlth Japan shows the super1or1ty of the Amer1cans 111 warfare Seventy hve or LlglltV years ago, people were doubtful whether the Unlted States co11ld wh1p Japan or not but the war completely dlspelleel that doubt It makes one smlle now to read about those l1ttle sk1rm1shes WhlLh oceurreel between the Balkan States alld the Turks, alld the 111sur1ect1on 1n Memco lN1e1ther was the war of 1917 between Eng land and Germany of much 1mpo1tance, because the s1mple methods of warfare less ened the horror of lt The war between the Unlted States and Japan was a battle royal 111 m1d a1r and under the stormy sea Glant steel a1r ShlpS crashed 1nto each other m1les above the earth and the oceans surged and seethed 111th the battles tl1at rageel beneath then surface MOHStLl battleshlps and shrlek 111g a1r crafts were Splllltered b1 the use of eleetrlc currents a11d rad1um MUCISOII Hamm s DOISQ sllencer anel tl1e use of no1seless powder have proved very effee tlve ln warefare Wlth the nolse s1lencer the o11rush of an army ea11not be l1ea1el Thls ll1btY'lllY16Ilt IS also used 111 all the large c1t1es 011 the d1ffer1 nt street corners to absorb the gxeat elamor and tumult Fhcre has been a rap1d advancement 1 lt'Q'lQldtlOll also, the last half century It IS doubtlessly due to tins vsell 1l1recteel leg1sla1on that so11al ellsturbanees have long Sllllt' CL 1se1l A str1ke or any dxscontent among the labormg elasses IS a th111g of the past but s1nee the 1ntroduet10n of gove1nment own 91 lllp of the 1a1lroad llnes the aero e1epresses the sub11a1s the lllp l1n1-s, and the 111reless telephones and teleglaphs all tllls ehseontent 11s Xiillls 111 Of All I thmk that It an1 one hal p1 opo eel go1 LlIlIIll ntal 011 1161 lllp ol publ1e u lltles stktllt-S f11e 1ars afo 1ou1 1 1 P1401 1 of mo ern llllll s Sllllll 11h1 ll tl1e1 It d about the ant1qu 1l1 s lt 1 lell 111 ls not 1 1 Cllelll' ll 1 tl at lltltw 1 t 11 un ov1 S1n11 thf 111111111011 o Jle sa1 Fllllll e1e 1 lsflblllc to 1111 11 . I . Y 1 Q Y , I , ' I D ' . A A 1 . . ' Y , ' . ' 1 -- 1 ' - V . . I - . . , H V . , x . . I D Y N X ? k V I K . . . . V ' f 1 1 1 1 L1 ' 1 1 - ' 1 1' 1 wh. I K .,., 1 'S' ky .- ' , , I y ' V . , . Y A . g L . .x . W . I - Y V . . T V F X I E E L. , A , , . , . . . 1- , . ,' ! . 1 . . t . . . V K V y - 2 ' ' ' ' . I , ' - ' 1 1 ' 1 W'- S J N X if x i . . . A . H A. tv ll . T X A -7 A , Y y L , , ,, I 2 ', nu. F., -.. 1, , ,'. ' . ,. , ' N , ' .- , Y Ui -. S 1 , l A . . A . 7 N r 1 1 1 1 1 1 I A Y L 1 7 .I ' A 4 n I 1 ' D I th- '1 1' If 1- 11 '. 'N 1 ' f ' ' ,' - ye-1 s has l1-- e-X11 'l' z 'y. ll tl1- ' ' 1 ' . ' tix - 'A j ylll tl wh -n 1- - ke-d ' ' ' ' ' 1, - ' - ' 1 ' '-3 witl 1' -' up ll ship 111111 ls: f -1-t ' - - ' 5 - l I . Th- la: shi' built by th - lfll -'tric ' - ' . N11 1' 1: ' cllll 1' in N1-1' Y 11'l', is Q - ' - ' -2 '- - All tl1 Ll lone, ne-arly 1 il -, and 1-1 1 able- '. ' ' ' : 1 ' . . fl ' h .' - 1-, or: lltllt' , ' - 1 ' - - ' ' . lt ig htt -11 It vith 'z -- ' :1-s, ' 1' ': ' ' - ' - 1 , '1-- , '1 1 ' 5 -2- 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 t 'A '-it 'z ts a l lil ' 'l 'Q ' - 3, ' ' ' ' . I11 Hoating city has a speed of one lnundred and my boyhood such things were daily occurrencesg A. . 1 , 4, .1 ? , , 1, . . - Y '. . r- 1-ml -' 11'h1-11 the 's ' ' ' ' ' ' ', ' - 1 , -15 E ' -1' as' ' ' wo 1 -1- we 1- ' 'n. - U' -' - - -3 - ,,, ' 11 1 lat-',' 'r y' --' ' : A y lz: ' 'xl-i. t- ' ' -' - an.l ' -' being, 1'1-paire-1l, vas s 11 li ' oal ' 1 ' - - -' ' 's ' ' 1 ti ,,' ff- 1- - y-- ' ce, h1- ll R:1'l 'z ' t 'z' 3 ' '- 'z A ' f - '- ha '., lJ1'6'll called a 'ool. 1 l - ' cl' 'Ste -, and unl th-y ll A 1- e- 'ith ' -C 1 ' - ' - -N' ' - ' ' - th- ' - '1 -1-xpre -,'.' , th1-1' will l' - ' . , -the-r. ate.l 1 -as I1 -n hal ll '- . Tl1 - Oll' l'rob11bly th -1'- has be- 1 no Ulll01' :11l1'1 nc1-- city in the whole ' ' .ry 01' 1 10 me rapid as that 1.1 the- lll0.l of 1'.'111'f111'1-. ll1l'x 111 i1-1pz1l 'llt'l'SlllD. . '- - ' 'l'l1 - e111 lr- zznl 1111-ll'1-1-tive 111o1le-s of varfz 1- of p1- 1 - have- 11 V' in the g-we -nt, tl1 - '- is SK'VL'Ilfj'-llVl' ye-urs ago, h:11'1- i11 late- y1-z .' -1-n no ll -nt, and it is a 1nyst1-ry - 'hy flll