Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-13

With today closes the last offer maze
in connection with The Herald's $l5.-
900 contest. The extra premium Of
fer will close at 10 o'clock tonight, ana
all contestants outside of Los Angeles
have the privilege of posting their let
tiers with subscriptions up to 10 o'clock
in their town. If the letter is post
marked before 10 o'clock tonight, the
subscriptions will be counted toward
one of the extra premiums.
The regular contest will close one
week from tonight. Only six days more,
then some young woman in Southern
California will be the proud possessor
of a deed to the house and lot Whicn
is the capital prize for contest NO. 1.
Others will have received pianos,
building lot, or one of the many other
valuable premiums which have been
nut up as inducements for the con-
testants.
Next week of the contest will be the
final week of the contest. All would
be winners" must do everything that
they can in that time, for every vote
will count toward a premium.
Lucy lowering again goes to the lead
in the entire contest, her gain being
over 1900 votes. Miss lowering has
been near the lead ever since enter
ing the contest, and her host of friends
will be pleased to see her name at the
top of the list.
Mrs. j. H. Mcdonald of Chino takes
the lead in her district, No. 3. Her
name will be found upon the honor
roll today.
The leaders in each of the remaining
districts remain the same as yester-
day. although most of them have made
excellent gains
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics was organized in Phlladel-
phia May II, in the year of 1853. They
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ty-four different states. Their growth
in the past two years was more than
$4,000, which speaks well for the fu-
ture of the order. During the same
two years the order paid for relief and
benefits $1,217,762.
The order is purely a patriotic and
benevolent institution, has stood and
always will stand for the protection of
Americans and American institutions.
1t is not labor, partisan or sectarian
organization, nor is it bigoted in It's
beliefs and principles, but is friendly
to all good citizens whatever their
creed or birth may be. They realize that
the landing upon their shores of the
ignorant and vicious and the lawless of
the old world is a constant menace to
our institutions and that it should be
viewed with alarm by all loyal and
patriotic citizens of the country.
The public schools of our country
they look upon Win pflue ana IL is lnelr
desire to place a scnoolhouse on every
hill top and in every valley; an Ameri-
can flag over every schoolhouse and
good American citizens on every school
board, so that the love of God, of man,
the country and the flag would be in
stilled in every pupils heart and brain.
In Tiffin, o., is located their national
orphans home, where hundreds Of the
children of deceased members are not
only properly cared for and educated
but are taught useful trades to fit them
for the battle Of life when they shall
go out to make their own way in the
world.
Their fraternal features are equal If
not the superior of any other organf-
cation in existence. In no association
can a higher degree of true fraternity
be obtained than IN the Junior order.
They have thirty councils throughout
this state. presided over by the fol-
lowing officers: K. r. Bradley, state
councillor; Charles II, j. Truman, state
vice councillor; l.. G. Shannon, junior
past state councillor; Herman Paine,
state secretary; c. NJ. Prater, state
treasurer.