MILLTOWN YOUTH STARTS TO CROSS CONTINENT ON $30
Elmer Brown Disappears from Milltown After Telling Friends That He is Going to California—His Family Alarmed—
Elmer Brown, age 15, well known and well liked in both Milltown, his home, and in this city, is missing. He had frequently expressed a desire to see the West and friends state that there is where he must have gone.
Last Monday Elmer departed from his home in Milltown to go to his work in New Brunswick. At least that is what his parents thought, for he didn’t give them an inkling that he was going to set out to make his mark in the world single-handed. He formerly worked for the New Brunswick Printing Company and later secured a position with another firm in this city.
Within six months he had saved thirty dollars and with this he started for California to enjoy life in the sunny western land. Brown met several of his companions in Milltown Monday morning and told them the secret. He said he was going to California and that he had thirty dollars with which to pay his expenses. If that wasn’t sufficient he was going to “beat” his way.
The youthful companions thought nothing more of the incident until yesterday when Brown’s parents became alarmed over his disappearance. Brown came to this city and boarded a train for New York. Since then all trace of him has been lost. His parents are now making every effort to locate the youthful adventurer.
Brown was seen aboard a train bound for New York by a resident of Milltown, who reported it to Brown’s parents. The police have been asked to aid in their search for him.
Young Brown often saw letters from his married sister living in California. Frequently she wrote to her parents, telling of the beauty of California and urged that they make their home with her. These letters fell into Brown’s hands and he could not wait any longer for his parents to make up their minds and set out himself to locate his sister. The lad had no experience in traveling and his parents are greatly disturbed fearing that some harm may come to him.