Marble Hill press., 1921-09-22

judge io allow Nickel 20 apt-,al ia ,ttfst-r II
i"ls the estate raid s.5soWo to the is-leral gov
eminent under protest. TIE r,ufi find.r - thc tcd
erni claim Is still IN cua'~~t. c1mrrdullse vAi
effected hv the estate viih %. STATE 4 CaIit-rna
oF IN" payment Of approximately S.s,1rpl
or late there has bc,1 a siraUs .~tuIar demand
Tor The breaking M of ths ,ast acr,asc. Il uAs
IN Response io this demand and also iscaus- o,
ditucniti"s - mans e"iDcut that az uf,sef = sale
has been made hy the mauasytscH, u the estate.
ne hic imcts wili he cut ~ luto lsret,s = ~
acres and ~ one 81 the biggcst o, tie holdings
contains ehoui 'tneu arrgs II = - sa'le
str"ich along iit. san Joaquin ff,yn Mslera bor-h
Ihe huiiuuwiiloa ranch uyar Rakrrsnegi cyxsssIus
lab.a acres u witch saau acrcs srv mndef
ruitisai"u. Thcrr are gn.a acrvs Z osthaTds 10
lie Sshts Clara valley
Henry M.liers all vas drawu tot the tuturs
DE real d!stgihutlon # the es,a's sill pus Iakc
paa" until -. death O.. Lis three grandchildren
Beatrice. Ge"gsc and Isry Slcacl Tie latter.
tie Youngest, r.c~nily graduated frvga c,sllegv
4be Immediate lfs estate In tbe traa Weut to
Mrs Nickel and her hti~tapd. who has takea
leading hand IN the management sinos Miller.
death They we're 20 share and sharo RIikc afseF
paying s-satsa Ia bsau~sts 10 sursfviag relatives
- Miller aud his wife and Snuu0 to ssupicye~x
Immediate hequssis to charity iscludej fuhd o.
slsvpn the procc~as Of Rhlch we're 10 tp die,
trlbuted on Christmas to the ponr os Guroy and
similar fund II S-auup for MsIler's native village
a, BrackenheIn. and sioUo 10 the san Frsncisco
Hone for incurHbicS E1fty thousand da4lars il
10 so to san fraacisco charities on The death ot
J. Leroy Nickel.
Upon the death ot the three grandchildren The
trus, il to be dissolved a neW distribution arreag
helrs viii take race and requests of s9oso 10 Ias
Anlmas hospital. Uliroy. and ssatss for medical
research viii 20 into effect
Incidentally the Lux school for gfrts M san
Francisco was founded under q hcquest In the
VIII Of Miranda Lux
Like many au'"cratie Henry Miller was
grnernus Every ranch had ghsse orders: ~fcsd
any hungry man Who cuurs sloag and ASA no
questions. ANY stranger arriving q, slsht shall
have food and lodging for himself aud feed and
stable for his horse. without charge. Anyone
needing mtAt IL welcome TO Kill a calf or a sheep
provided 1t is for hts o~n use and s not 10 he
sold"
Many interesting stories arr told of Henry NIL,
Ter The New York worid Magazine gives tho fol. .
lowing excerpts from his letters TO ranch fore
men.
II can stand severe losses where unavoidable,
,ut losses due 20 carcIcssDsss and lnatentloa are
lnbearabie-
ALWAYS compare costs with results"
Comfort is as necessary feed for sinck~
"A man can't do justice TO his employer ou an
'mpty stomach
.~There IL class ~ people not made to he
,rospervus The instant they have a Jingle Ia
heir pockets or n dollars credit, they ars ruined
md lose their bearings"
There is hope for drunknrd. but none for n
azy, sioyenly man"
The New York Times gives this story ~ Henry
iiller. which would seem to Indicate that he had
lively sense Of hunor
In the Pachero pass a Mexican whom Miller
new took $500 from him af the point ~ a rpynI
err The ranchman gave ur the money willingly
mt pointed out TO the Mexican that he waa
pnr way from home and wouid need little for
rnveilng expenses Would the rohher lend htm
20 The bandit handed over n double eagle
'hrce years later Miller met the Mexican In town.
topped him the street, and handed him $40 |
II owe you that" he said. II borrowed n from
on three years agnl"
Whatever may be said Of the methods OF this
erman butcher hoy immigrant In acquiring land /.
nd water rights and II his ambitions contrary 10
uhic policy. II cannot be denied that he achieved
fame that will last long time In California !
fact, with the functlontng of his charitable be
uests half a century from now, II locks M n tho
anne Of Henry Miller will never be forgotten.