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Show Jerry's Mule name. The United States postofflca depart" j ment has a violent prcJudUe against double-Jointed names for towns. Tbli 1 prejudice has worked harm to a do- . serving nine town In raiirnmia whtuh " r ' had a Htaufsh name for nearly a century. cen-tury. Hi la Is Corte Madera, lu Marin count). The Corte Mnderaus having no postntrlce had to go several miles to ' ' get their insll. They put the requisite - ' machinery at work to have the place declared a postofflc, but the moat enterprising en-terprising man In the town was on Jerry Adam, the keeper of tfle crossroads cross-roads saloon. To the Washington authorities au-thorities he represented that "Cort Madera" was too long a name. To this the poatofllce authorities lent a willing will-ing ear, snd tha subtle Jerry suggested to them that a more eiiphouJous and convenient name wus "Adams." They I at once agreed. Now the Corte Ms-derans Ms-derans have their postofHeu, but they have lost their beautiful Spanish name, and their town Is named after the keeper of the I cal saloon. |