The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-22
MUST NOT EAT OR
SLEEP FOR DAYS
RebuS Editor Is Overwhelmed
With Hundreds of Answers
in Contest.
WYOMING is HEARD FROM
NO ANSWERS RECEIVED AFTER
FRIDAY AT NOON.

The desk of the rebus editor of The
Herald looks like that of a multi-mil-
lionaire who has announced that he
will distribute his fortune to all appli-
cants. and has added this phrase to
the announcement:
First come, first served"
The second day after the appearance
of the final rebus brought a food of
mail. 1t seemed as though a gigantic
cannon had been loaded with letters.
primed and pointed at the desk. and as
soon as the final picture was shown. a
signal had been given TO fire the whole
charge at once, at the desk And the
letters came like SnoWfiakeS on Christ
mas day
There were big manila envelopes.
sealed with red and green sealing wax.
There were dainty missives that looked
like dinner invitations-but were not
There were business envelopes, and
there were some answers that had no
envelopes
one woman whose envelope was for
tieth to be received. according to the
OVerWOrked time stamp, sent two lists.
one was properly numbered, each an
SWer being in rotation, while the other
was in rhyme. The rhymed answer
contained-but wait, it would not be
fair to No. 40 to tell how close she is to
winning the prize.
Mail From Other States.
Mail is beginning to come in from
Wyoming. The Wyoming letters show
that considerable thought has been
given to the task of solving the refuses
The people of that state who have re-
sponded show by their answers that
they know the geography of their own
state pretty thoroughly. Not a Wyo-
ming answer contains an error on a
Wyoming town.
Today will undoubtedly be Idaho's dav.
Until last night not a letter had been re-
cetved from the Gem state. That is prob
ably on account of the distance from the
office of The Herald. But that makes
no difference to the Gem people They
have a prize all their own to compete for
The first correct answer from each state
wins q prize and IL makes no difference If
lhelr mali does not get in until Friday at
noon II 1t comes in one minute after
the hands of the office clock hIde the
figures XII Friday. into the WaStebasket
they go, one and all.
1t has been impossible to keep a correct
count of the number OF answers received
they came in so rapidly yesterday Every
envelope is carefully stamped. and it will
make no difference when il is examined
because it is the time indicated on the
envelope that counts. They will all be
examined by Sunday. however. and in
Sundays Herald all the correct answers
will be given. and the names of the prize
WinnerN
While il is not possible to state the ex-
act number of letters that have been re
ceived, it is estimated that there are more
than 500 waiting TO be opened and exam
ined. This estimate was made at 6 O'clock
last night by postal clerk who has had
long experience in handling mail matter
This clerk looked over the desk of the
rebus editor and said:
mo wonder we were unable to get all
OF The Herald's mail in the box today
I thought that there would be some solu-
ton to this. It's a wonder to me that the
rebus editor does not go crazy with that
mass of work ahead of him. And two
days to run yet-The Herald will be
SWamped."
But corps Of clerks will be drafted if
necessary, to tabulate all the answers