Piute Chieftain | 1916-08-31 | Page 6 | Burial of "General Gloom"

burial of general gloom sunshine has always been califor nias nials erea greatest test asset but often while old bid sol shone overhead the clouds of gloom and depression hovered over the heads of and other men of business but all that Is now over general gloom has been burled buried far out to sea and ills his only avocation hereafter will be to investigate the contents of davy jones locker some time ago there started from syracuse N Y a guint giant hammer hani mer ten feet long bearing the name noe noc nomore more this emblem of the knocker ck was destined for destruction beneath the waves of the placid pacific and its funeral procession across tile the country was marked by the attendance of governors mayors majors and other dignitaries ta baries rles and by the playing af pf of many bands and the marching of many men as this corpse of depression was hurried through the cities on its way westward these ceremonies finally culminated on birthday at sawar san francisco an in a big funeral parade through the streets the transportation of the giant hammer on a big ocean liner to io a p point 0 int 30 miles out into the pacific and the heaving of the big box containing general Ge nerol gloom into the briny deep