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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO
bate division. in and for Salt Lake County
State of Utah In the matter of the es-
tate and guardianship Of Verdenal Ras-
r1ussen, Farley Rasmussen, Bud Ras-
mussen, Blossom Rasmussen, LeUetter
Rasmussen, minOrs.-NOtice; The petit
tftion Of Leuetter Rasmussen praying for
the issuance to herself of letters Of guar
dianship on the persons and estates Of
Verdenai Rasmussen ct al, minors, has
been set for hearing on Friday, the Sd
day of September, A. D. 1909, at o'clock
D. m at the county court house, in the
court room of said court, in salt Lake
CITY. Salt Lake county, Titan
Witness the clerk of said court, with
the seal thereof affixed, this 18th day
Of August A. D. 1903.
MARGARET ZANE WITCHER,
CSeaD Clerk.
By l. P. Palmer, Deputy Clerk.
Edwards & Ashton, Attorneys for Pc
titiOner.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

And IN accordance with law and an
order of the board of directors made
on the gard day OF April, 1909, so many
NAV be necessary viii be sold at the
Office Of the company. 20l D. =. Wall
ter building, Salt Lake City, Utah. on
o5cI0sIx o. m. Of said day to pay de-
ii1Guent assessments thereon. together
with the cost Of advertising and exc
pense OF sale. H. W. GNEAOW-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

Cash quotations We're as follows:
F1OUr-Steady.
Rye-NO. 2 69d72
Barley-Feed or mixing, 5OG53; fair to
choice mailing. 59066
Flax Seed-NO. 1 southwestern, 1.37; No.
I northwestern, 145.
Timothy Seed-3.75.
ClOVer-11.30.
Mess Pork-Per Dbl, %. 4GG22.5O.
Lard-Per 100 pounds, 12021a.
Short Ribs-Sides 0oose), u.50d11.75.
Short Sides-Clear (bOXed). I2.l21a0l2.20.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

Kansas City, Aug. 6-Cattle-Receipts,
1900; market steady to 10c lower: native
steers. $4.25G7.60; native cows and heif-
ers, S2.O00550; stoclzers and feeders. S275d
$50; bulls 81 S00400; calves, S3.75d7 80:
western steers, $3.7596.65; western COWS,
S2750450
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market to 10
cents lower: bulk of sales, &.7077 90;
heavy, 7.7507S5; packers and butchers.
$75QL95; light, $750QZ90; pigs, s6.006
z25
Receipts, 5000; market steady:
muttons. &.o005.25 lambs, S5.25d7 so;
range wetheTs. S4O0d5.25; range ewes.
s.. 25d5.25.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27
Grain Statistics.

Total cIearances of wheat ard flour
were equal to $4,000 bushels Primary re-
c-ipts We're 10000 bushels, compared with
$4,000 bushels the corresponding day q
year ago. Estimated receipts for tOmOr-
row: Wheat, s. cars; corn, 176 cars; cats,
2S4 cars: hogs. 1000 head.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27
Take Dinner on the Ship

"Leviathan" restaurant, at Saltair.
Ask for anything. City prices.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27
PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP
NOTICES.

Consult county clerk or the respective
signers for further infOrmati0n.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO
bate division. in and for Salt Lake county,
State of Utah. IN the matter OF the ss-
tate of Joseph Edwards, deceased.-NO-
Hce: The petition of Joseph Z. EDWARDS
administrator Of the estate of Joseph Ed
wards, deceased, praying for the settle
ment Of final account of said Joseph =.
Edwards, administrator, and for ne dls-
tributiOn of the residue of said estate
to the persons entitled. has been set Tor
hearing on Friday, the Sd Gay Of 5eptem
Der A. d. 1853, at 2 o'clock p. m, At
the county court house in the court room
Of said court, in Salt Lake City, salt
Lake cOuaty, Utah.
witness the clerk of said court with
the seal thereof affixed this 18th day %
August, A. d. 1863.
MARGARET ZANE WITCHER,
(SeaD Clerk.
l<v p. Palmer. Deputy Clerk
Richards, Richards & Ferry, Attorneys
for Petitioner.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27
Flax Market.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

Minneapolis, Aug. 26.-FIax, sL45g.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO
bate division, in and for Salt Lake coun-
ty, state of Utah
In the matter OF the estate and guar
dianshiD Of Philip A. Walter, Nellie and
Marie Fitzmaurice minors, notice.
The petition for approval and settlement
of the annual account of the guardian OF
the persons and estates of Philip A, Wal
ter, Nellie and Marie Fitzmau rice, minors
has been set for hearing on Friday, the
10th day of September, A. d. 1909 at 2
O'Clock p M. at the county court house
Lake City, Salt Lake county, Utah
Witness the clerk of said court, with
the seal thereof affixed, this I'D day Of
August A. D. 1903.
(Seal) MARGARET ZANE WITCHER,
Clerk
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

South Omaha, Aug. 26.-Cattle-Receipts.
5000; market steady; western steers,
$8,50I5.59; Texas steers, S300d5.O0; range
cows and heifers, s2.75d4.25; Gamers,
s.. 7512.75; stOCkeTs and Feeders 275d
5.25; calves, $3.25a650; bulls and stays,
S2.50g450.
Hogs-Rsceipts, $500; market 10 cents
lower; heavy, S.S5Q7.70; mixed, s7.50d7. 90
light, Sl.7GQLS5; pigs, S6.25Q7.25; bulk Of
sales, d.45d7.70.
Sheep-Receipts 1900; market steady;
yearlings. s4.750525: wethers, $1,000 Is;
ewes, $3.504440; lambs, S650G750.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO
bate division, in and for Salt Lake Coun-
ty, state Of Utah.
In the matter Of the estate Of Patrick
Kervin, deceased, notice.
The petition of Minnie HALEY Kervtn,
administrators of the estate Of Patrick
Kervin, deceased praying for an order
of sale of real property Of said dece-
dent, and that all persons interested ap-
pear before the said court to shOW cause
why an order should not be granted to
sell so much as shall be necessary Of
the following described real estate Of
said deceased, tOWit:
That part Of lot in block u, plat A,
Salt Lake City survey, commencing at
a point 132 feet and inches east of the
southwest corner of said lot 2 aforesaid,
running thence east one foot and ten
inches, thence north 1928 feet, thence west
one foot and ten inches thence south 112A
feet to the place Of beginning. has been
set for hearing on Friday, the 10th day
Of September, A. D. 1903, at 2 O'Clock
p. m, at the county court house, in the
court room Of said court in Salt Lake
City, Salt Lake county, Utah
Witness the clerk of said court, with the
seal thereof affixed this 21st day of
August. A. D. 1909
(SeaL) MARGARET ZANE WITCHER,
Clerk
By L. P. Palmer. Deputy Clerk.
EDWARD MGURRIN,
Attorney for Pet
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-27

Chicago, Aug. -CattIe-Rsceipts es-
timatsd at $500; market weak. beeVes-
s4.7535.75; Texas steers, $4.00d5.60; west
ern steers, s4.00d440; stockers and fesd-
ers, S315d525; cows and heifers, $3.50
$40; calves, S6000S.75.
Hogs-Receipts, estimated at 1900:
market 10 cents lower; light, S.75GS 20;
mixed, S.45QS.29; heavy, S7150s15; rough,
S7.15Q7. 40: good TO choice heavy, 81. z0l5S Is
pigs, S7.003799; bulk Of sales, s7.55I6O5.
Receipts, estimated at 1905;
market steady; native, s2.750465; west
ern, S3.00d465: yearlings, S4.50d55 so: lambs,
native, s4.251775; western, s4509775.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

sufficient time being given to allow ballots to
come from the Pacific Coast. Some of the week
" winners had majorities as high as 5000 votes,
but there was one which won by the narrow mar
gin of ten votes.
Besides the weekly prizes totaling $500
there were grand prizes amounting to $500,
divided as follows For the story in each COM
petition receiving the greatest number of grand
prize votes. $4,000; for the story in each compe-
tition receiving the second largest vote, $500,
and for the story in each competition receiving
the third largest vote, $3.50 Provision was made
10 republish the five stories in each competition
which stood highest, for the final consideration
of readers, and provision was also made for the
division of the prizes equally in case of tie in
the popular vote, between those who were tied.
The number of votes cast for the various con-
testants for the grand prizes was kept secret, but
each day a list was printed showing the relative
positions of the leaders.
Another feature which met with approval was
the publication of the photographs of contestants
and of short biographical sketches each Sunday
of the authors of the stories that were printed
that day. These sketches were obtained in in
vestigating the eligibility Of contestants, no story
being printed in the school teachers competition
until il had been established beyond the perad-
venture OF a doubt that the contestant was a
school teacher, and no story in the other COM
petition until it had been conclusvely ascertained
that the writer was an American, this division
of the contest being restricted to Americans.
Incidentally, il may be stated that the paper re-
ceived a number OF letters from Europeans ex-
pressing regret that they were inehgible-so
eager were amateur writers everywhere to avail
themselves Of the opportunity to get their work
before the public
Newspapers throughout the country soon after
the competition was inaugurated took cognizance
Of the attention which it was attracting and Of
the value from purely news standpoint of the
various developments in it, and printed many
columns of articles regarding it. The publication
Of story from any particular community was
treated as an important news item by the press
Of that community and attention was prominent
ly called to the matter Frequently there would
be keen rivalry between neighboring communi-
ties which were represented in the contest, and
the newspapers did yeoman service in trying to
carry their favoriteS to victory, some of them
even publishing editorial appeals TO local pride
Shortly after the preliminary announcement
was made the manuscripts began to flow in.
Long before January 8, when the lists were
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

tellers" 1t was hoped in this way, the New York
Herald said, to help men and women, particu-
larly young men and women, to demonstrate
their ability to tell striking tales of romance and
adventure, who otherwise would remain mute
and inglorous as writers for the public
The announcement also said: 1t is very
probable that more than one genius with the pen
will thus be brought to light, to the delight Of
the reading world and their own great profit
Under present conditions in the magazine and
newspaper field it is very difficult for an un-
known writer to get a hearing
From the stories sent in by school teachers
two were chosen each week by a committee, COM
posed not of professional manuscript readers,
who might even unconsciously have foibles. but
of competent literary critics. This committee
also chose two stories for publication each week
from the stories sent in by amateur and other
American writers.
The first stories were published Sunday Jan
uary 3, and there were in all twenty-six install
ments, ifty-two stories being printed in each
competition, the last appearing Sunday. June II.
The readers of the stories determined each
week which of the two stories in each competi-
ton was the better, and the weekly winner was
paid SIS and the writer of the other story was
paid SIS. Thus $500 was distributed each week
as weekly prizes for twenty-six weeks, making
a total of $500 which was so disbursed.
Keen interest was shown in the weekly prizes
and thousands of ballots were cast each week.
The voting for the weekly prizes continued for
seventeen days after the stories were printed,
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

contribution should exceed 800 words Once
more liberal policy was allowed to prevail. And
once more the liberality had its necessary bound
aries. An excess over the authorized limit of
$500 words was considered a handicap, but not
an absolute disqualification when such excess
was not overexceSsive. It was impossible, OF
course to stretch this liberality too far. In some
cases the manuscripts could net even be consid-
cred
Another difficulty that faced the committee
was the enormous number of manuscripts re-
ceived There were 4,S7S in all, divided as fol-
lows School teachers, S47; amateurs and other
writer's, 4o3I. They came from all parts Of the
country and of the world at large. The con-
tributions increased in volume as the competition
advanced.
On the very last day appointed for the receipt
of manuscripts (Monday, June y nearly 400
arrived. They began coming in early in the
morning with the first mail and the first express
deliveries They rolled along in a steady stream
until midnight, and not few stopped over into
the morning and the evening Of June 8, and came
dribbIing in all through the week. Every method
of conveyance was utilized on this last day. Be
sides the ordinary express and the ordinary mail
many manuscripts arrived by special delivery
others were handed in personally by the authors
or their representatives; others again, were for
warded through district messengers The glut
for the moment was appalling. But many hands
and many heads soon brought order out OF chaos,
and the entire number was tabulated classified,
read, and reread in time for the final selections.
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Dclugc Of Short Stories,
New York, July "a.

New York, July "a.
When an American newspaper conducts
contest which attracts entries from every State in
the Union, which arouses intense enthusiasm
among olergymen and actresses, fnanciers and
artisans, octogenarians and school children, there
will be none to gainsay the statement that the
paper has accomplished notable success. But
the New York Herald has not only succeeded in
doing all this with its $1,000 short story COM
petition, but 4 great deal more.
Interest in the remarkable undertaking was
not confined to the United States, il was world
wide in its scope, and the assertion is made ad-
visedy. From the torrid jungles Of Yucatan,
whose denizens are for the most part the de-
scendants of the aboriginal Caribs and from
the snowy fastnesses of the Canadian wilderness,
from ancient Cairo and Pekin, and from pioneer
camps in South America, from the West Indies,
and the isles of the South Sea, from half dozen
countries in Europe, and from the Philippines
in short, from every part Of the globe where
English speaking people are to be found-manu-
scripts kept pouring into the New York HeraldS
office while the entries were being received. Five
thousand short stories were turned over to the
committee which had the reading Of the manu-
scripts in charge.
When a newspaper publishes Io4 short stories
and calls upon its readers to decide BY voting on
a ballot printed in the paper which stories are
most worthy Of prizes, and when 100000 such
ballots are cast It may be said without fear of
contradiction that the result obtained is phenom-
enal But that is precisely what took place in
the competition, readers of the stories, with
nothing to gain themselves and no personal IN
terest to serve, recording their opinions not only
in the United States, but in other countries.
When stories of such a ca!ber are entered in
the contest that Immediately following their pub
licaton their obscure authors, whose first at
tempts at literary work they were, are besought
by publishers and high-clasS magazines for con
tributions, the paper, It will be agreed, has per-
formed a notable achievement
From this preamble will be gained some idea
of what occurred in one OF the most novel and
entertaining projects ever undertaken by met
rcpolitan or any other newspaper.
Such widespread and deep public interest was
excited BY the New York Herald's Ango-Amer-
ican competition between Mr.. Max Pemberton,
of England and Mrs. Mary Wilkins Freeman,
of America, that on October 25, 1908, the paper
announced that it had decided to conduct two
other competitions open to all American writ
ers, but especially designed to encourage the
school teachers of the country and amateur
writer's generally to show their strength as story
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
coununs Ballots Received in the Morning Mail

opened by the publication of the four initial
stories, an aggregate of several hundred stories
of both classes had been received in the Office
and had been placed in the hands of the commit
tee appointed to select the contestants for the
fray The best Of the manuscripts went through
two readings. First the wheat was separated
from the chaff Next the wheat was sifted for
the purpose of securing the more promising
grains This final test was based On the opinion
of the majority of the committee as to which
grains would prove most appetizing to the gen
eral public, and therefore most likely to enlist It's
interest in the contest.
OF course, there were heartburnings and bick-
ings 1t would have been delightful outcome
of the experiment if all the 5000 competitors
could have been gratihed BY the selections made
by the committee That under human conditions
was impossible. Perhaps it was even impossible
that the final selections should be ideally perfect
Judges themselves are human, and therefore fall
lible A unanimous decision in the case of any
manuscript was rarely reached One reader
might have special preference for this. another
for that contribution. The final selection could
only be the result of mutual compromise. But it
should be evident that such compromise is a
nearer approach to exact justice than the triumph
of any individual over the opposition OF the ma
jorty Legal as well as lay tribunals have found
BY long experience that compromise is the only
human means Of attaining approximate certainty
in cases of this sort.
The manuscripts presented variegated ap-
pearance. It had been stipulated in the pub
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

simultaneously the department where the
votes were received and counted was threatened
with temporary submersion Ballots arrived in
letters by post in parcels by hand, in packages
by express. Here again fresh relays of recruits
established and maintained order. These ballots
covered both the awards Of weekly prizes now
concluded and the grand prizes to be awarded
after all the victors in the separate duels were
crowned as they have now been crowned.
OF the Io4 participants the majority were
women-67 amazons and ~ knights bore the
brunt Of the fray 1t was only natural that a
large majority of these came from the Atlantic
and Middle States. Inevitably it was this region
that captured the largest number of prizes. But
the far West and Pacific Coast States also had
answered in no mean numbers to the trumpet
calls of the New York Herald. This is shown
in the list of competitors selected. Jamestown,
N Oak. Portland, Baker City, and Oregon City,
in Oregon; Tucumcari, n. Mex; Los Angeles
and Palo Alto, Cal. Butte, Mont, and other out
posts in the far West furnished competitors to
one or the other of the contests, together with
more inland cities, ike Denver, Colo; Chicago,
H.. and Alexandra, Mimi
One of the surprises of the contest might be
called the Kelly sisters episode. On May there
was published in the Amateur and Other Aneri-
can Writers Contest a story called "The Mys-
tery Lady" by Maryel Vance Abbott, Of Oregon
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
Readers of the Herald Decided by Ballot Which Stories
Should RecefUe the $1,000 Prizes. and Such Enthu-
stasm Was Aroused That No Less Than Tgvo Million
Were Voted for the Partisans' Various Fa0ofHes

lished conditions of the contest that all oontribu-
tions should be typewritten. Disregard of this
condition was considered handicap against a
manuscript, but not an absolute disqualification
Many Of the competitors pleaded inability to Sc
cure competent typewriters in their particular
localities Others urged poverty as a reason
why they could not employ outside services
Overstrictness might lose a valuable story It
was deemed best to follow liberal policy. But,
other things being equal, the preference was
necessarily given TO typewriter over handwritten
contributions, even when the nontypists had gone
to the trouble, as they frequently had, of writing
their manuscripts in printlike characters
Again, one of the stipulations had been that no
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

City, Greg. Investigation proved that Marvel
Vance Abbott was a pseudonym used by Miss
Elmina Kelly, typewriter, in Oregon City. The
fact was duly announced to the New York Her
aid readers. On May e there came out in the
school teachers contest story called THE Boil
ing Point which was frankly signed Miss Elz-
abeth Kelly. Similar investigation proved that
she was a sister of Miss Eimina Kelly and
school teacher in Oregon CITY Hard upon this
discovery the committee learned that a story
which was published in the school teachers con-
test on Nav 90, "Her Brave Buckayro," was
written BY still another sister, Miss MAY Kelly
Of Portland, Greg, a teacher in the first grade
in school situated in the foreign quarter in that
city Thus this remarkably talented family had
produced three successful candidates, whose
work had been selected for the final competition
by the committee on short stories. No one could
have been more surprised than the committee
members themselves at this outcome Of their de-
cisons
There were some less pleasant incidents A
few would-be contributors were detected in
plagiarisns. Stories translated from the French,
and badly translated al that, were traced to their
origin and Summarily rejected. Worse remains
behind. Some of the fraudulent competitors
actually plltered old magazines for stories, which
they submitted for examination
And as all sections were represented, so also
were all ages and conditions Of life There were
sexagenarians at one end, and as an extreme in
stance on the other there were two girls Of seven
teen, who furnished stories that are examples
of astonishing Precocity. There were few pro-
fessional writer's but the vast majority, includ-
ing, Of course, the school teachers, were engaged
in earning their livelihoods in various vocatons
not directly or even indirectly connected with lit
erature.
Following the publication Of the final INSTALL
ment Of stories in the competition the New York
Herald was overwhelmed with requests that the
stories be gathered together and republished in
book FORM and also, that another contest be be-
gun as speedily as possible.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

The Nequ York Herald RecefUed 5000 Manuscripts
Representing Not Only EOery. State in the Union but
Every Country in the World Where English Speaking
People,Reside
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-09-24
Bark Beetles In Trees.

Specimen twigs of fruit trees
reached the Division of Zoology Of
the Dept. Of Agriculture, Harrisburg,
from Cambridge Springs, Pa, in
which the sender supposed were in
tested with San Jose scale. State
biologist Surface, in acknowledge.
ing their receipt, gave the following
information as to the cause of their
badly.appearing condition:
awe find that the pear twigs are
infested with scolytids or bark beetles
which are boring in the dead wood
beneath the bark. They have not
caused the death of these twigs, but
they are there because the twigs
are dead and afford favorable places
for the beetles to live. It is prob.
able that the pear twigs died by
blight, and that the beetles came
later. There is nothing to do but
to cut out the dead aud dying parts
and burn them promptly. For all
cases of blight cut out and burn
the blighted parts.n