Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-17
NAMES OF FORTUNATE WINNERS in
HERALD CONTEST ANNOUNCED LAST
EVENING, ENDING CLOSE STRUGGLE
Committee Counts Ballots and Desgnates Contestants
Who Will Go to Alaska -YukOn-Pacific Expos-
ton at Seattle as Guests of Los Angeles
Herald with All Expenses Paid

/ the others in the party and the trip
will not fail to afford fund for future
! thought and pleasant memories.
The party will be conducted by ]. H.
Humphries, treasurer of The Herald,
and Mrs. j. H. Humphries will act as
chaperone for the ladies.
The contest is the second one held by
The Herald, the first one being an
award of like nature to twelve school
teachers of Los Angeles, who were all
sent to Seattle and entertained at the
| exposition. At the close of this contest
! which began December 1, 1908, and
closed March 20, of this year, all of the
entrants were so well pleased with the
manner in which the awards were
given, and the entire project proved
such a thorough success that upon the
| request of many subscribers the pres
ent contest was inaugurated April 1
| and conducted in the same manner as
| the preceding one.
Coupons issued in every edition of
| The Herald counted as one vote and
| blocks of votes were credited for sub
| scriptions obtained at the regular rates,
one year at $3.50; six months subscrip
| ton at $685. or three months sub
scription at $1.20.
Two clergymen from Los Angeles,
and one from Los Angeles county, two
labor union officers from Los Angeles
COuIlIyy anu lWO OlLICeIS OI lIdlcIUdl
organizations in Los Angeles county,
were entitled to receive the awards. In
each case it was provided a winner
could take his wife, a member of the
family, or some friend, on the trip, and
the expenses of the accompanying per-
son would be paid the same as for a
winning contestant.
Attractions Are Numerous
Those who received awards from
the former contest were SO pleased
with their treatment that they Volun-
teered testimonials of thanks and sat
isfaction, so that those who have been
so fortunate as to be returned winners
in the last awards should feel assured
they will not fail to have a pleasant
time throughout the whole journey.
A few of the many things members
of this party will see at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition are asI
follows:
Built entirely of logs pegged together
is the Arctic brotherhood building. tt
is a permanent structure and will be
used as a club house by the Alaska
students at the University of Wash
ington.
Athletes from Yale, Harvard, Penn
sylvania, Chicago, Minnesota, and other
colleges will participate in the great A.
A. u. meet at the exposition in August.
10 prepare oil 6IlllIGly blllGICIl menu
for each day, is what the chef cooking
canned salmon in the Alaska building
at the Seattle Worlds fair has to do
to hold his job. The dishes of salmon
are for distribution to visitors.
The most impressive exhibit on the
grounds at the Seattle Worlds fair is
the miracle painting I'm the Shadow
of the Cross" by Henry Hammond
Ahl. 1t isZto be seen in the Swedish
building. The picture is of Christ and
the outlines of the figure and the cross
may be distinctly seen in the darkness.
So bright is the light radiatirg from
the picture that a photograph has been
made of the picture by this light.
There are about $50 flags floating
over the different buildings and about
the grounds of the exposition. More
than a million electric lights are used
for illuminating at night.
The art exhibit at the fair is valued
at over a million and half dollars
1t includes work from the greatest
private and public galleries of both
the European and American continents
Bath and lounging robes wired with
electricity for warming the wearer are
among the novelties shown in the man
ufacturers' building.