The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14
MISS POWELL Wins
FIRST REALTY PRIZE.
Perturbed Young Woman
Claims Gown, Which She
Finds Too Large.
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ONE HUNDRED PERSONS
CASH WINNING COUPONS
Some Ticket Holders Had
Strange Ideas Of What Re-
suit Should be.

Shortly after the Office of the Salt Ls2os
Real Estate association opened for bus,-
ness Friday morning q demure young lady
appeared at the secretary's desk and
excitedIy explained that she held this
most valuable of the lucky numbers In
the Real Estate Day" prize contest Il
was Miss Louise Powell. SIS Bellevue
Place. who by purchasing the ticket with
coupon No. 27l9 had won the first prizs
in the contest, an evening gown jmportnd
from Paris and valued at $3.50
Miss Powell called at tho Chamber OF
Commerce with an escort 10 claim the
prize. AS she presented her coupon eorrse
OF the bystanders VINO noticed that she
was By no means unperturhed at hear
ing OF her good fortune took advantage
OF the circumstances and added TO the
young 'sdr's troubles by asking her whet
she intended 10 do with the gown. She
and although she was evidently pleased
nj being the winner OF the gown. she
seerne6 10 think that she hNd inherited
peck Of troubles when she bought the
lucky number A. first she was retfcent
about giving her name and asserted that
she feared undue publicity bv, later de-
cided to comply with the regulations.
Meanwhile an interested crowd gathered
and one OF the bystandcrs offered $40
for the gown. saying that he would buy
it simply as matter OF speculation, Not
to be ourdone III gallantry. a. II. Vogeler
seed and produce merchant. raised the
bid 70 s75 even though he admitted tha1
gowns we're not exactly In his line oS
business This was becoming interest
ing and at one time Miss Powell seemed
inclined TO offer the gown for 500. but
on second thought she decided 10 so TO
the store and Inspect her newly-acGuired
f!nery.
Naturally one Of the first things with
which she concerned herself after shs
reached Walker Bros store was TO as-
certain the size OF the garment AS Miss
Powell Is about 20 years OF age. It wae
found that the gown was too large and
she mas since decided to sell It 1t is
probable however tnat she viii oe photo
graphed IN the gown before she releases
the prize.
Some Prize Winners
Nearly 100 prizes were claimed Friday
and tho day witnessed somo exciting
scenes at the Real Estate association
office. One of the visitors went into a
rage because the realty men refused to
purchased four tickets and should have
won on at lenst one Of these. When he
was told that nearly 90, 900 tickets had
400 prizes. he left in peace. One OF the
winners went to the donors place Of bust
ness and Inspected his prize He decided
that the prize was not worth the price
at which quoted on the list and then tee-
phoned 20 headquarters and demanded
reCerat1on.
The winners OF some of the most X-alua-
Bile prizes that We're claimed Friday are
follows: Mrs. J. L, Rutherford. esq
West Second street. range valued at $50; ,
". G.. Kali, OF the Utah Savings and Trust
company, $50 cash; DR., George Gillespie
21s Main, $50 Gosh; Julia T. Lynch. s54
First avenue. $50 cash: Mrs r Kahn.
Gordon Hall s25 cash; Mrs. Fl. Roberts.
ZIG Wall street, s25 cash; John D. France.
Sl4 Second street. $2o cash: C M. Hyde.
$50 South Seventh West. SIS cash. A
Butler, coz West Third South, s25 cash;
F. o, Peterson. 2224 Washington avenue.
Ogden. $50 cash; Leroy Finley, 81 South
Seventh East s25 cnah. C. Fl Mowror
Sc West Second South. SEQ cash; Douglas
Smith, 435 West Fourth South. mission
rocker valued at sc5. Ben Lobbenerg q
tailor, won n pair OF trousers donated
by George w. Putnam, another tailor.