Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-04-11 | Page 14 | Human Bones Are Called 'Notions'

HUMAN BONES ARE CALLED 'NOTIONS'; Nevada Chinese Makes Shipment to San Francisco "Under This Head; Railroad Accepts. "Notions" Is a new name for human bones, coined by one Ong Chong Lung, a Chinese of Ploche, Ndv., but one under un-der which lie was unable to ship them as freight, according to officials of the Salt Lake route. ' Lung appeared at the company's office of-fice In Pioche and Inquired with a Chinaman's Intuition for tho lowest rates on notions. He was told the regular tariff, tar-iff, and a short time later appeared at the freight office with three boxes, which he said he wished to ship to San Francisco. Fran-cisco. R B. Wood, agent for the company com-pany at Ploche. knew that the Chinaman had been exhuming some bodies from the old Chinese cemetery and he took the precaution to examine the contents of the three boxes of "notions." In the boxes were carefully packed tho bones of thirteen Chinamen who had been dead for from five to thirteen years. Although Al-though the bones were to be sent but to San Francisco by Ong Chong Lung, It was evident that they were on their wav to the Flowery kingdom for the final wait for judgment day. Lung was performing a religious obligation and in so doing was attempting to practice economy There is a tariff allowing human bones to be shipped by freight, when they arc allowed to be sent from any place under their light name, and. as the county authorities au-thorities In Nevada offered no objection, the bones of the Chinese pioneers were allowed to start on their last long trip.