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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
In a Camp Wagon
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 want to tell you about a very
interesting ride. We decided a week
ahead of time that we were going on
q camping trip to the Temescal noun
tains. So we got everything on the
ranch in good running order. We all
worked hard, so as to leave everything
in good condition. We hired some peo-
pie to take care of the chickens, stock
and other things.
Then 1t took us two or three days
to pack the big wagon. That is, it
took us that length of time to pack
a sufficiency of food and clothing to
last us during the long trip for our
whole family of eight persons.
We started on our trip very, very
early one Monday morning The first
day of our travelling gave us a good
start toward the mountains. The
wagon was very large, so we did not
travel very fast.
We camped the first night by the
Santa Ana river, near a large bridge.
1t was great deal of fun to stand
on the bridge and throw stones into
the river and to see how the water
sparkled with the morning sun as it
rippled down through the trees.
We started out early the next morn
ing, too, but still it took us three days
to get to the Temescal mountains. We
got there just about dusk one even
ing. We camped under some beautiful
oak trees. There was a little warm
water spring near by.
This little spring ran into a pool.
There was a little cold water spring
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groceries and gave me a dime to buy
cookies. At o'clock we started for
home. I said to my uncle, Now I'll
be home before the party begins"
Don't be too sure of that" said my
uncle. In little while the horses got
white with foam and sweat. My uncle
stopped every few minutes to let the
horses rest.
The wagon had four large timbers
on for the corners of the barn. 1t
seemed as if 1 would never get home,
the time went so fast and we went so
slowly.
When we were halfway home we
came to a new bridge which was COW
cred with five or six feet of dirt.
My uncle stopped in front of the
bridge. When we started again we got
stuck in the middle of the bridge with
our heavy load of lumber. When G
o'clock came l began to cry, because l
could not go to the party.
My uncle gave me some cookies, and
after a while we ate them all. At a
quarter after 6 my Uncle Mike came
along and unhitched his team and
pulled us out.
When 1 got home it was o'clock.
WILMOT HAASE.
2641 Pomeroy avenue; grade Be-; age
IL years.
I wish you would write with ink,
Wilmot, and make your letters a little
more legible.
Mischievous Girl Causes Trouble
Dear Aunt Laurie
There once was an old fashioned
house with a little old fashioned cup
board, containing many curiosities
which this old lady's grandchild did
not understand about.
One day when her mother told her
she could go over to her grandmother's
for three hours, she was very glad.
When she arrived at grandma's she
read a note hung on the door saying,
"Have gone out for two hours; will
return at IL o'clock"
This little girls name was Loretta
and she was glad to hear that her
granny. had gone out, for then she
could look around a bit.
She went to very low shelf, where
this old lady kept her salt, pepper,
mustard and such things. The first
thing Loretta got was the salt box.
She pulled the lid so hard that it fell
off and the salt was all over the nice
clean floor.
Then she got the pepper, opened it
and the mustard. They both went to
the floor, but the pepper made her
sneeze so hard that she did not meddle
with anything else, but ran straight
home.
But before she went home she took
the broom and swept the kitchen.
When the old lady came home at IL
O'Clock, she hunted the house up and
down and never found a soul. She
never once thought that Loretta might
have been there. She went around in
the house so mad and asking: "Who
did it? Who did it?" Your niece,
KATIE GAMSJAGER,
1006 Delmar street, Pasadena.
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soreges battle but has caught the popu-
lar favor, so that on any fine cool day
children can be seen in the parks or in
any open space exercising under any old
rule and each player having hut one
idea. to capture the puck and keep IT as
long as possible.
These little ones. and some are very
young and small. skate on rollers
Thoy carry sticks shaped like the
regulation clubs but smaller and better
suited to their size, With these sticks
they sla m all over the paving round
piece Of rubber shaped as il the reg,ila-
ton puck
Playing hockey is a fashionable pas
time. The children OF the wealthy, ac-
oompanied by their nurses. visit Central
or Prospect park and play on the walks.
skimming along on their skates. They
not only become expert at skating hut
expert at handling their sticks. 70 that
they can keep the puck shooting along
ahead Of them ss they skate.
Some 80 small that one wonders how
toey can skate are just as much at home
90 the rollers as they are walking in their
shoes and the exercise " not carried
to excess is good for thcr. and the use Of
the hockey stick sndthe puck gives each
an incentive 10 accomplish something.
which is better than aimlessly ska tinr.
Sometimes improvised games arc ar
ranged. Several children will play to-
gether and each will strive to get posses
sion Of the puck and then carry il along,
taking it from the others and skating
fast TO keep away from the rest. Some
times with older children regular game
will be played and, taking sides. they will
try to pass the puck from one to another
just as they do in the games played in
the rinks. but there are no bounds to
their skating ground and they usually
seek TO take the puck as far as possible
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RAISING Blue POINTS.
Great South Hay q Sort OF Finishing
school for Oysters.

Oyster farming in the Great South
Bay is as different an occupation to oyster
farming in Connecticut, Rhode Island
and other deep water localities as the
intensive farming Of the East is 10 the
extensive farming Of the West.
In the first place, says the Nd'iond'
Magosi7e, only 1900 acres are under
cultivation in the entire Blue Point
district, yet from these 1900 acres some
100000 bushels Of oysters are gathered
annually.
Fifteen hundred men are employed
In the cultivation. harvesting, culIing
and shipping of the product, while some
fifty steam and gasolene boats, not 10
mention sail and smaller craft, are al
most constantly engaged.
As propagating grounds the Blue
Point waters are not very successful
but for maturing purposes they are I'M
surpassed. Less than one-siSth Of the
annual crop is native to the Great South
Bay, the balance being made up of oysters
transplanted from other waters chiefly
Lcng Island Sound and Gardiner Bay
and allowed to mature; an oyster being
dependent on its maturing grounds Tor
quality, flavor and shape,
The total Blue Point product beng
less than 200 600 bushels a wear, which
~I,,I.. a,,o.,.a ~, ii, 40 LorraIoJ .,ock
it can be seen very readily that large
proportion Of the oysters sold under
tho name Blue Point-at least FIVE or
a., n;II;on n husbels annualIv-are not
nj pn;., III
Diue Ioih's a' All II.
When dealer or restaursleur s
another oyster Tor hnle foln'' esu
when he believes that the other "Es,II
is just as good, he Is Pcrpetratlhg IIatu i1
on the public whom ne Us SUPPOSE ~
be serving. The New YORK LegisHIu's
arrived at the same conclusion; ior vas,
session It Incorporates me loiio"hs
provision into the shcilf'sh Dill;
No person. firm or corporation shall
sell or offer for sale any oysters or label
or brand anv package containing oysters
for shinn,ent or sale under the name Of
M, p,,,. pnin, o,s,srs o,bsr than ovsfers
hu, p'uo o't 80 'Ian,ad and rmI,,ya,ed AT
,nal nave oeen p,a"te' a., H"' vatnrs of the
east ,nte1 t,on'n ,o,' ~ s"co,S Cunt.
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| Il don't know this part Of the country;
| want to take look through the bushes
where | am To run The rabbit went
into the thCket hut he was gone 50 long
that at last tho animals SEM mess mi 9e 7
to look for him. and away in the middle
of the thicket he found the rabbit gnaw
ing down the bushes and pulling them
away until he had road cleared nearly
to the other side.
The messenger turned around quietly
and came back ard told the other ami
mlls. When the rabbit came cut at last
they accused him of cheating. but he
denied il until they went into the thicket
and found the cleared road They agreed
that such a trokster had no right TO enter
the race at all, so they gave the horns TO
the deer. who has worn them ever since.
They told the rabbit that as he was so
fond Of cutting down bushes he night
do that for living hereafter. and so he
does 10 this day
Some friend Of the rabbit however.
invented get back" at the deer clan,
as the following will show:
WHY THE DEERs TEETH ARE BLUNT.
The rabbit felt sore because the deer
had won the horns and resolved 10 get
even. One day soon after the race he
stretched large grapevine across the
trail and gnawed il nearly in two in the
middle. Then he went back piece. took
a good run and jumped uD at the vine.
He kept on running and Jumping up AZ
the wire M I'll the deer came along ard
asked him what he was doing
Don't you ser?' says the rabbit. "I'm
so strong that ! can bite through that
grarevine at one lump"
The deer could hardly believe this and
wanted to see IL done. so the rabbit ran
back, made a tremendous spring and bit
through the vine where he had gnawed il
before. The deer when he saw that
said: well, ] can do that il you can" So
the rabbit stretched a larger grarevine
across the trail but without RnawinR il
in the middle. The deer ran back as he had
seen the rabbit do. made q srring and
struck the grapevine right in the centre
but II only few back and threw him over
on his head. Hn tried again and again
until he was bruised and bleeding
let me see YOUR teeth, at last said the
rabbit, So the deer showed him his
teeth. which werc long like "A VOLTS teeth.
but not very sharp mo wonder you
can't do it,. says the rabbit. -your teeth
are too blunt. Let me sharpen them for
YOU like mine" And he showed him a
black locust twig, Of which the rabbits
gnaw the young shoots. which he had
in regular rabbit fashion. SO the rabbit
got a hard stone with rough edges and
filed and filed away at the deer's teeth
until they were worn down almost TO the
gums.
1T hurts, said the deer, but the rabbit
said II always hurt little when they began
to get sharp; so the deer kent quiet.
Now try it," at last said the rabbit
So the deer tried again. but this time he
could not bite at oil.
Now you've paid for your horns, ga Id
the rabbit. as he jumped awav through
the bushes. Ever since then the deer's
teeth ars blunt
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IT.

Flew comb tossed down mighty draught
like pill.
what did | tell you? God Almighty.
what did tell you?" he whispered.
What now tell you is more to the
point answered testify. Il I'm going
10 bed in my quiet room in the new part
where the walls have not yet begun to
cresk and groan from age. The sooner
you tear down this wing and rebuild,
Flew comb. the better"
He tossed down another pill with Jug
gler's agility end confronted me, his mien
wild and innemed.
You are going to do nothing Of the
sort" he declared. you are coming
with me upstairs to that room, which /
locked and bolted at 0 o'clock in such a
way that no one else could enter There
was nobody. there then; there is nobody
there now. You are not afraid of a
sound. are you? Come. | say"
did 60, for Flewcomb even out Of his
cups was masterful man. l did 20,
glad to be away for a moment at least
from the internal din that was dstracting
me, hopeful that might break from his
iron grip and fee to the security Of my
own quiet room. The grip frightened
as we passed somewhat unsteadily
down the main corridor Of the third
floor to the stairway at the further end.
Near the stairs was the private hallway
leading to suite A. TO which Mr.. Flewcomb
had transferred the I.adelles. Light was
shining through the psrlor transom.
He perceived IL too, and something else,
for he stopped and shifted.
What the devil!' he exclaimed "Have
they begun their cooking again after all
my orders?' Argrily he made for the
door and raped
There was no answer. but over the
transom smoke now crrled light but
acrid. With a plunge OF his shoulders
Mr.. Flewcomb burst open the door.
Through the blue haze we could see that
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fortunate rabbit, He could but follow hi.
instinct end run in e. circle which brought
him each time nee -er his enemy. Still the
song vert on, until, circling ever nearer
white rabbit fell q victim to the wildcat.
This is a Menomin tale
THE RABBIT AND THE PANTHER.
The rabbit was a great booster. end as
he wanted to have e. mitGwikomik Una
gicieus lodge) Of his own ard pretend
TO be g mite. lmagiciar), which he Yves not
he accomplished his own destruction.
One day Wabus the rebbit and his
wife in their travels came to low hill
covered with poplar sprouts, and as they
were green ard terder the rabbit decided
to remain ard make the place his abode
So he went to the top of the hill, end max
ing trails divergirg in every direction
thft he might see cry one who approached
he built e wigwem where ell the trails
cGme together This was mitew ikomik
and the rabbit wanted TO have a dance
When the wigwGm ives finished the rabbit
told his wife he wss going TO dance; bu,
he first ran Ell around the hill TO see il
any one had been about to watch for him
but finding no trail he returned srd began
his song. As the rabbit returned 10 the
wigwsm. Pisheu, the panther happened
to come slong at the base Of the hill where
the rebbit he'd just psused. Finding
here the rabbits trail the panther fol.
lowed il until he reached the place where
the rabbit and his wife were dancing by
themselves in their awikomik. Here
the panther remained TO watch for the
rabbit TO come out again.
The rabbit told his wife TO sit at ore
end Of the mitawikomik, while he himself
went TO the other. Taking his medicine
bag he approached his wife four times
chanting ye ha-a-a-a, ye ha-a-a-a, We
/ ha-a-a-a. We ha-a-e-a; then he shot st his
wife, just as a mita does when he shoots
a new member. Then she got up and shot
at her husband. and thus they had a JOY.
GUS time all by themselves Then the
rabbit sang
Prshiuwe wikweysaslk endase hatshlkw woqk
wandean.
Nemahanta nakama.
Nemahanta nakamA
Which means; II the panther comes
across my track while ] am biting the
bark from the poplars he will not be able
to catch me, for ! am good runner"
When he had finished his song the
rabbit told his wife he would go out hunt
ing. The panther saw the rabbit depart
and awaited his return.
When the rabbit started on his return
he felt very happy. but az he reached the
place where the panther lay concealed
the latter got out into the trail, where the
rabbit saw him and started back on the
I trail as fast as he could run. The pan
I ther started in pursuit and overtakinR
-. the rabbit. said: You are the one who said
! ! could not catch you: who is now the bet
/ ter runner?" Before the rabbit could
reply the panther caught him by the
neck, killing him.
Br'er Rabbit also had enemies among
the Cherokees who told stories TO his
| disadvantage, as in the following:
THE RABBIT DIMES THE BEAR.
+ The bear invited the rabbit To dine
with him. They had beans in the pot
/ but there was no grease for them 30 the
/ bear c1it slit in his side and let the oil
run out until they had enough 10 cook the
dinner. The rabbit looked surprised
and thought 10 himself, That's a handy
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tears and dust on the clothes, but these
little bumps only help to make the players
more expert.
Skating has always been regarded as
a good healthy sport. 1t gives good ex-
ercise and usually in the open air, for the
children do not patronize the rinks very
much. Skating is a means also Of be-
coming graceful. and for that reason Ia
regarded as specially beneficial to children,
1t Is remarkable. too, how easily chill
dren learn to skate. Very little children
get on their skates for the first time and
roll along as easily as il they had skated
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before some other player gets II.
1t is not only in the parks and by the
children OF the we'll to do that hockey
is played In the streets, even in the
tenement house districts, the children
play hockey, but these play with all
sorts OF improvised tools. One child
recently was noticed wearing pair Of
skates on which all the .fastenings had
been broken and tho skates were tied TO
her feet by thick pieces OF cord wound
round and round. She carried a stick
made OF a piece of barrel hoop and the
puck was a piece Of wood. She seemed
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an ash stick. She skated we'll and fast
aud was quite clever in the way she
handled the stick and kept the improvised
puck moving along. 2.
Hockey is popular, particularly with
the boys. and there is hardly n school
in the greater city that has not it's hockey
team. These boys who are now skating
on rollers and playing the game on any
open ground may some day become ak
pert enough TO join the players in some Of
the leading clubs
These children's games are Of course
not rough. Checking is not allowed.
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BR'BR RABBIT OFTHEREDMEN
Nor ALWAYS DID HE OUTFIT
THE OTHER ANIMALS.
much Depended on Which Tribe the s,or,
Teilet Was From-some Lesends
Long Handed Down Which Tel OF
the Willy Rabbit Being Outuitted.

II one visits the cabins OF the full blocds
of the tribes scattered over Oklahoma
one will discover that the Indian as a
story teller is not to be despised. These
stories are TO be Cleaned only from the
lips Of the old men and women who re-
ceived them from their elders in the days
before there were Government schools
for the young Indian.
The animal stories-and especially
the rabbit stories-often find their point in
the totemic or clan system of the Indians
A rabbit story or a bear story gives ad-
vantage or disadvantage to the rabbit
or the bear according as the story teller
is a member Of or friendly to the rabbit
or bear clan or otherwise.
Toa recent issue OF THE sun the writer
contributed several Indian rabbit stories
in which the story teller gave that willy
animal decidedly the best Of it, but there
are stories in which the attitude Of the
narrator Is not so favorable 10 Bre'r
Rabbit as in this Iroquois story:
TIE wILDC AT AND THE WHITE RABBIT.
The wildcat, roaming disconsolately
In the woods, experienced the sense Of
utter loneliness which calls for COM
panionship. A friend he must have or
die. Cats there we're none within speak
ing distance, but rabbits it might be
possible to entice. He commenced a
plaintve ditty. His soul craved a white
rabbit above all else, and his song wss
pathetic enough TO entice the most OBJ
durate;
= He gah yah neh
He gah yah He gah yah
Di no nj shu qua da Sc
.t He yah gah.
His meaning was as simple as his song
sWhen you are frightened. sweet rabbit,
you run In a circle"
He was wise in his generation. short
distance OF lay a white rabbit in his lair.
bearing the melodious ditty he pricked
up his ears. -Heigho!" exclaimed no
that dangerous fellow. the wildcat. is
around; ! hear his voice; ! must scud. =
And away he ran, turning from the direc-
ton in which the voice came and hasten
ing with all his might. He had gone but
a short distance when he stopped, turned
hank his ears and listened. There was
the song again:
lie gsh YAH lie gah yah
III ho--
He waited 10 hear no more. On he sped
fora while; then once more he laid back his
ears and halted again surely this time
the song was nearer. He was still more
frightened. Il will 60 straight on. said
he; but he thought he was following an
opposite direction, On and on he sped,
scarce daring TO breathe; then a pause;
alas! the singer is neafer-nearery ryet. I'm.
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Trousers Not TO Turn lp:

Few trousers will be cut this year with
the bottoms made for wearing turned ur.
There Ia a revival, am glad to note. Of
the fashion for having ones trousers cut
carefully over the boot, and you will oh
serve that as this revival TAX es strong root
as the season progresses the demand for
the turned mp kind will gradually and
surely decline. 81
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~.

A personable. manly young fellow now
took the stand.
Il am Paul Ackroyd.' he testified, the
husband Of Genevieve LadelIe. We we're
married last evening at 3 O'Clock. and
would have sailed this morning at 10 for
the Orient had not learned providentially
ing by her mothers remains.
is this your knife'" asked the Coroner.
Yes; saw il last about week ago.
was using il in the writing ROOM when Mr..
Cosgrove came to me with a message from
a stranger upstairs by the name Of Blau-
welt. In consequence OF this message
went TO this stranger sroom. He proved
20 be my father, Seth Aokroyd, whom
had not seen for many years"
Relate what your father said. II II had
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HOCKEY IN STREET AND PARK
CHILDREN PLAY THE GAME
WITH EVERY SORT or TOOL.

Once Provided Win skates, the Next de-
ulsrd Is FOR stick aud a puck Some
Become Remarks ably ENpert Young.
? sters OF the Tenements Not nchlnd.
Hockey is not only sport in which
trained athletes representing clubs or
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FIGHT ON CORPORATION TAX.
INTERNAL Revenue Bureau at washington,
legal Contest Impending.

Washington, D. C.-The officers in
the internal revenue bureau who are
charged with the responsibility OF
administering the new corporation
tax law have been apprised Of the in
ltention of corporations to resist the
law in, the courts and test its consti-
tutionality, but, the Treasury officers
have NOT been able to learn the point
OF attaEk They believe that the law
will stand the test, and their chief re
lance is Jon the fact that 1T was
drawn by able lawyers, who carefully
safeguarded 1t by adhering strictly to
the Supreme Court decision uphold
ing the right of Congress to tax a
corporation for carrying on a busi-
ness.
President Taft called to his assist
ance in the work of putting his ideas
into written language Secretary Knox,
Attorney-General Wickersham and
Senator Root, all of whom are ad-
mitted to be able lawyers, while the
President himself is not without a
reputation for legal ability.
1t has been suggested that one
point of attack would be that the law
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FANS WATCHING GIANTS
AND BOSTON AMERICANS.

Some Of the members of the Chica.
go White Sox say that the Boston
Americans who began series of four
games with the Highlanders at New
York last Morday. will win the pen.
ant; that they are playing faster ball
than either the Detroits or the Ath-
letics. and that they are improving
steadily.
Because of their excellent pennant
chances the Bostons are drawing lar
ger crowds IN the Hub than at any
time since the Red Sox managed by
Jimmy Collins, won the American
league chamnionshin. Hub fans now
appreciate the wisdom olspiayed by
President Taylor when he released
Jim Mcclure from the management
last year and placed the team in the
hands of Fred Lake.
1t is not too late for the Giants to
win the National league, pennant.
They are going at fast clip now,
and If they keep it up the fans ex-
pect to see them make rousing
finish. 1t is fact that the team be-
gan to take new lease Of life from
the moment that Cy Seymour resumed
playing and Fred MerlGe supplanted
Tenney on first base. When the
Giants return to the Polo grounds
they will doubtless receive an ovation,
if only because of their great playing
against the Cubs in Chicago. But
nobody has yet been able to dislodge
Pittsburg from the top perch.