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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

school of journalism in the university,
one of the first schools of the kind In
the country. Field is remembered as
being full of pranks and practical jokes.
Even in his boyhood he wrote verse,
largely in pigeon English, celebrating
current local events. He was good
company, and was a favorite at social
gatherings. His first serious newspa-
per work was done at st. Joseph, Mo-,
while he was still under his majority.
Here he gained something of a reputa-
ton as humorist, and was called to
Denver From Denver he went to Chi
cago, to the News, where his 'Sharps
and Flats" were features of the paper
until his death. He wrote much humor
of transient nature, more bubbling
fun than fine literature. But occa-
sionally a real literary gem would APP
pear among his stuff and at times a
poem of such deep pathos that 1t re-
vealed a serious turn of mind along
with his love of fun. He printed five
small volumes, mostly children's verse.
It is not so much the quantity of ma
terial he left as the quality of few
poems that evidently came from the
heart which gives him title to fame.
Field was a lover of children all his
life. and they understood and loved
him, so it is appropriate that he should
be known as the children's poet. He
was born in 1850 and died in 1895.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
VISITORS HOURS

Aunt Laurie will be in her office in
The Herald building to issue prizes,
receive calls from Juniors. teachers.
parents and others Monday afternoon
from until o'clock and n Saturday
from 10 in the morning until o'clock
in the afternoon. Other appointments
may be made at any time by telephone
when the regular hours do not suit
the convenience of visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
SPRING GARDENS

TT is nearly time for the spring gar
/ dens to be laid out. Already a
Il good many of the Junior boys and
girls are deciding what sort of seed
they will use this year and just what
varieties of flowers and garden truck
they will raise. Last year we had a
gardening topic in the Junior for the
writer's contest and it was a splendid
subject, so this year we will have one
later on, too and if ever so many of
the boys and girls take an interest In
gardens they may write with their own
personal experience concerning the
plans and the results of their garden
with far greater knowledge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
CHILDREN'S POET

TN MANY schools throughout the
United States Eugene Field day is
Il celebrated, and he is known as the
childs poet. Fields fame rests on, per-
haps, half a dozen poems, the best
known of which is little Boy Blue"
Almost every child knows this tender
little poem, and there is nothing sweet
er in it's class in all literature.
Eugene Field had a sad childhood
from the fact that his mother died
when he was very young, and his father
while he was yet boy. He lived in
his early boyhood with his cousin,
Mary French, at Amherst, Mass He
studied in Williams college and at
Knox After Field was nearly grown
he attended the Missouri State univer-
sity at Columbia for short time, and
here he had his first newspaper expert
ence, being one of the editors of the
University Missourian, which has just
been revived as daily organ of the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
FAIRY KIND-HEART

going to have a dance irsthe even-
3 v ing on the green, and Fairy
Kind-heart was on her way to join
them, when she looked up toward a
tall tree and saw a young robin that
had got caught in piece of Irvine that
was hanging from a limb of the tree,
dangling in the air. The twine had
been part of kite string that had
caught in the branches, where the wind
twirled it about until it was all tangled
up. The robin was fast in loop OF It.
and there he hung, every now and then
giving a piaintive chirp.
The fairy saw him and said: Let me
help you, wee birdie. / am always ready
to lend helping hand!".
In a minute she caught the Irvine, I'M
twisted it and set the bird free.
AS she went on the moon was coming
up. She was afraid of being too late
and started to run. She did very well
until she came to Rocky Run, the wa
ter was tumbling over the stones. with
a murmuring sound like a ripping
laugh that the fairy loved to hear.
It ran way down below the bed of the
road but she could leap across 1t. She
was making haste, and her foot struck
a big stone and her slipper fell oil
into the water.
Dear me, what shall do? Ouch, I
hurt my toe and that water it SO far
away, l cannot see my pretty shoe.
have no time to wait, so shall have to
go on without 1t; but one slipper off.
with high-heeled one on, will surely
make me limp.
Then she heard someone say: FAIRY
Kind-heart, what makes you limp"
The fairy turned around. There was
the old woman who lived on the edge of
the wood.
why, you see, granny, lost one of
my slippers in Rocky Run, and am IN
such hurry to take part in the fairy
dance tonight"
"Wait a minute, sweetheart" said
the old woman.
Directly she was back, saying: Here
are a pair of golden slippers that had
the fairies shoemaker to make for you
out of gold dollar. / never forgot how
kind YOU were to me last winter, when
I had the rheumatism in my back, and
could hardly stoop to gather my chips,
you came along, filled by basket for me
and started my fire. Try them on"
They just fitted Fairy Kind-heart.
and with a "Thank you, granny, and
good by!" she was off.
When she got near to the green on
which the fairies were dancing in
ring to the sweet music of a couple OF
nightingales singing in a big oak tree,
two clasped hands parted and one or
the fairies called: Come on, Kind
heart, we are having such a lovely
time"
She took her place in the ring, and as
she danced how her golden slippers did
shine!
When the nightingales quit singing,
as they were sleepy and wanted to go
to rest, the fairies exclaimed, "Oh. All!
Oh. myi Too bad!'
Kind-heart said, Never mind. we
will dance to our own music" and she
started to sing that old jig tune:
VNa
We won't go home ill morning.
We won't go home till morning,
Till broad daylight!
The fairies knew the tune, and all
Joined in the singing.
The moon rose higher in the heavens.
and they danced on till the sun peeped
out from behind the clouds, and the
moon faded away, for If fairies ever get
tired 1 never heard of it, did you?
HANNA IANTHE JOHNSON.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Lots EeasIer

Bobby rushed out to meet his father
the other night as he was returning
from work, and said. breatniessiy.
nearly SO hard at school any more"
Now Bobby had been doing far from
we'll and his father was pleased to near
of the new interest, hoping for better
things.
aHow's that, my SOM" said he.
"Oh 1 got put back a class. Sine
Housekeeper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
CLUBS

My Dear Boys and Girls:
n NE of the Junior boys came in to
see me the other day, and in eX-
planning why he had not written
very lately he said: II have been SO
busy about other things, Aunt Laurie;
you see, I had to write two plays for
our boys club, and that kept me pretty
busy"
1t should have kept him busy, but
how much we would all like to hear
about those plays and the young actors
who produced them. I decided imme-
diately that we had, no doubt, many
other club members among our writer's,
each of whom would like to tell about
some club or society or lodge to which
he or she belonged. These letters should
make reading that will be both interest
ing and helpful. Just think of it, you
city boys and girls who have particu
larly good times in your little club
meetings may give most valuable hints
to your out of town Junior cousins,
while the boys and girls whose club
meetings are held in the hayloft of
some big farm barn or in a disused
graDary will have many pointers to
offer to their cousins in town.
want each one of my boys and girls
to write upon the last portion of the
topic, anyway. 1t may be that they
have never belonged to any kind of
society, but they have at least known
of others who have, and they can tell
what they think of these organizations
for boys and girls.
There are so many kinds of clubs
there are the Sunday school classes
which occasionally organize themselves
into a club, then there are school
classes, and sometimes the boys and
girls on one street. or a group of
chummy girls, who form a sewing or
cooking club Boys, of course, belong
to baseball teams or boys secret So
cieties with many mysterious forms of
initiation.
Then there are charitable societies.
A good many of the Juniors have prob
ably belonged to some charitable society
at some time, and want to hear about
those. But the clubs about which l
want to receive many, many letters are
those literary and dramatic clubs where
the boys and girls write and act their
own plays or write and read stories.
poems and other literary efforts.
The subject for the drawing this week
is something for which every boy and
girl may try. Just a simple design for
Easter Sunday, to use over the roll of
honor. This may be in the form of a
small picture or just sort of a border
in some design. By looking in old mag
azines about the house you can each
one see what sort of work 1 want, and
I am anxious to have a great many Of
the boys and girls try for this prize
this week.
Remember, boys and girls, if you do
not belong to a club now tell me what
kind you would like to join, or what,
ones you have belonged to in the past;
also tell me whether or not you hope to
belong to college clubs when you get
farther along in your school work. At
fectionately, AUNT LAURIE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
UNFINISHED STORY

NJ AIRY and Jessie were plan
WI ming their Easter vacation.
AA Mary wanted to go to
Grandmother's on the farm. but
Jessie, remembering the many
unfortunate accidents of their
past visits there, insisted that she
would rather stay at home.
We'll, I think you are real
selfish" said Mary. Mother
says we must spend the week to-
gether, and so l suppose that
means that we will simply stick
at home, since you will not go
where | want to 60"
Just then the door opened and
Jessie looked UP to see her moth
er coming into the room. She
had the stocking bag in her
hands and as she put it down on
the table between them she said:
Now, here are the stockings to
be darned. want you each to
spend the morning mending them
and each must do at least three
pair. The girl who does the work
in the neatest and quickest man.
ner may ask whatever she desires
of me, and if possible I will grant
her request"
Both girls were delighted with
this arrangement. They always
had to do the mcnding each week
and the prospect of reward for
their efforts was particularly de-,
lightful.
They spent the morning hard at
work with needles and thimbles
and by noon each one had neat
pile Of mended stockings for ex-
hibition to their mother.
OF course they chatted as to the
request they would make, and
each one had some different idea
concerning the favor which she
would ask her mother to grant.
Promptly at noon their mother
entered the room again and asked
to see their work.
Mary pushed over the pile OF
hose and said excitedly, Here is
mine, mother, l have done six
pairs instead of only three as
you said we must"
WELL" said her mother, that
is very nice; now we will see
whether you have done them well.
I have decided that whichever
girl wins the reward would bet
ter write out her request, and,
while it may be anything she de-
sires, | will regard some sugges-
ton for the Easter vacation with
especial favor"
Complete this story telling which OF
the girls received the prize Tor tne
best darning, and reproduce the letter
which she wrote her mother making
the request for the Easter nohoay va
cation.
One prize, book, will be given IN
this contest this week for the best
completed story.
Write from $50 to $50 words on one
side of the paper, leaving margin at
the ton and side of each page; ADDRESS,
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie. Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, ana
be sure that 1t reaches this once not
later than Saturday afternoon, April ..
$----
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

Wide Awake and Sleepy Land
Are very far apart,
Well beg a little grain OF sand
From the Sandman ere we start.
For well l know, in Sleepy Land
Where sometimes I have been
Without the Sandman's grain Of sand,
They will not let US in.
"Oh, Sandman, we are far away
From Sleepy Land, you see,
A little grain of sand pray
You'll give Babe and me-"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

The Herald Junior is published by the Her
ed company for the children of the south
west. 1t is devoted to their interests. and
will publish principally their own writings.
All children {, public school age wei
ccme as contributors. The editor wishes to
encourage correspondence and suggestions
from teachers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
MY STAR

II makes lot OF difference,
Just little star of light,
When mother turns the gas down
And, says, ''Sleep tight; good night.
watch it twinkle. twinkle,
And forget it's dreadful DARK
And feel quite safe and happy
When mother leaves spark
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
cHANeEABLE WEATHER

Says Jane. I'll wear my new cloak,
1t looks so much like snow"'
Her mother says, THAT nice new cloak
And get 1t wet! Oh, no!'
ut doesn't look so very much
Like snow" says Jane. Dear me!
think the weather will clear up
AS bright as it can be!'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
ABOUT PRIZES FOR HONORABLE
MENTIONS

4 Competitors in any contest are 4
4. entitled to a handsome book prize 4
i when TT cir work has received hon. 4
j. orable mention three times. +
4 They must claim the prize. SUBJ T.
!. hitting copies of their letters, sto- 4.
!. ries or limericks. i
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
MINING PROMOTERS
MRECEIVER'SHANDS

The c. E. Mitchell company, one
of the biggest mine promoting COM
panies in the northwest, went into
the hands of receiver this morn
ing, Judge J. d. Hinkle appointing
c. D. st. Morris, an attorney, to
take charge of the property of the
company and wind up its affairs.
The appointment OF the receiver
was the elimination of a suit for
$500 brought by James Milne on a
$500 note issued by the mining com
pany on September 20, 1908. Judg
ment was rendered for the amount
and interest, but ii was found i'm
possible to levy upon any of the
property of the Mitchell company,
even the office furniture being
mortgaged.
The c. E. Mitchell company cut
big figure in the promoting game
until recently, IA companies being
handled from the spacious and
well appointed offices in the Co.
lumbia block. Mitchell was in
vestigated by the federal authori-
ties some time ago for defrauding
the public through the United
States mails, but he cleared him
b self of the charge. Mitchell has
not been identified with the Spo-
kane mining exchange.
Z, Homer Grasty, jr., a member
of the Mitchell company, is named
In the complaint as one Of the de-
PENDANTS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30

MAN HURT

AS result of an explosion of a
can of gasoline in a storeroom at
Ala Sprague avenue at about $50
last night, L. Fl. Burkhardt, a mas
ter painter, was hurt and the upper
glass of the display window of the
store was demolished.
The explosive material is sup
posed to have ignited from the two
large driers which were in the
room. The room was. being re-
decorated by the painters. After
the explosion Burkhardt was taken
to the Washington sanitarium,
where it was found that his injur-
les were not serious. From the
hospital he was taken to his home.
p. H. Kilker, a brother.in-law of
Burkhardt, broke open. the front
door when the blaze started and
returned to rescue his relative.
Kilker insists that there was no
explosion, but from the condition
of the building there is every rea-
son to believe that there was an ex-
plOSiOn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
CLOSER WATCH
On LICENSES

Hereafter the affairs of the Ii
cense inspectors office will be
looked after more closely by the
police department and the duties
of the office will in all probability
be cared for by a member of the
police department. Since the Gre
alton of the office it has been nom
inally under the control of the po-
lice chief, but the incumbent has
been civilian.
The irregularities discovered III
the accounts of former License In
spector Clement has demonstrated
the necessity of closer watch
over the office and resulted in q
determination to let the police
care for the work.
At the present time Marketmas-
ter Happe, who was placed in
charge of the work after the re.
m0val of Inspector Clement by
Acting Mayor Lambert, still con
tinues to serve as license inspec-
tor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
CLEVER FORCER IS
LOOSE IN SPOKANE

business, was soC1 whirling along
the streets with the man who was
getting ready to sting him. to a
neat little cottage conveniently To-
Gated within walking distance of
the business center They talked OF
the town and its business people.
Barnard seemed to know them all,
especially those who sell real es-
tate and have houses for rent.
He was pleased with the house,
he said, so back to the office the
two went to tie UP the deal The
rent amounted to S25 per. Barnard
presented a check for S45 forged
with the signature of the Pac fic
Transfer Co. and in the absence of
sufficient change, the recipient
gave him his personal check for the
difference. Well, that personal"
check has been cashed. but the real
estate man is still keeping that
Pay to William Ranard'' rs SOU
venir. 1t is believed that the forger
has realized at least $1,000 from
Spokane merchants and real estate
men by his fOrgeries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
G Q N tt N u F. D
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p A @ F. = NJ f
SUIT CLUB PROMOTER

are members of the clubs desire
that their names be withheld from
the public, in the hope that they
may regain their money without
giving the matter further publicity
About % ladies belonging to the
Cleemnt club gathered at JAIL NAL
Ion avenue last night to discuss
the situation. Tonight another
meeting will be held at the same
place. The ladies request that the
following announcement from them
be given the greatest amount of
publicity:
Valuable information will be
given members of Charles Glen.
ent's suit clubs if they will call at
1411 Mallon avenue at 8 o'clock
this evening, or. phone Maxwell
1239.''
The suit club business has been
a prosperous one in Spokane late
ly. 1t is said that one of the local
promoters has as high as "a clubs
running at this time.
Tomorrow's Press will contain
another article regarding the suit
club industry.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 30
ITO hell with the power of election;
what the people want is the power
of selection To-. e
In these vigorous words Senator
Jonathan Bourne of Oregon sums
up the principle involved in his lat
est project for charging the peo-
pies power in his state. He has
arranged for a referendum on law
by which delegates to presidential
conventions shall be chosen di-
rectly by the people. This law will
be submitted to the popular vote
next November and will probably
be adopted by an overwhelming
majority.
MY law is blow at boss rule in
national politics." said Senator
Bourne. The time has come when
the national boss has got to go the
way of the city boss and the state
boss. The people want something
more than the right to choose be-
tween two candidates. They want
the right to choose the candidates.
That is the whole purpose of my
bill"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
BOURNE WANTS POWER FOR VOTERS

Senator Bourne believes he has
inserted the entering wedge which
will eventually destroy the corpora
ton ruled conventions of all pOlit-
ical parties. His plan. he claims,
will make impossible the existence
of a Hanna or a Frank Hitchcock.
: 1t also will make impossible the
customary bipartisan conspiracy by
which the people are given a choice
between a corporation owned demo
cratic candidate and a corporation
owned republican candidate.
When his law becomes effective
the delegates from Oregon will be
men chosen by popular majority Of
the voters and pledged to vote for
some particular candidate favored
by the people.
There will be no back door
trades. no swapping patronage or
other manner of brides in secret
Hobbies of the conventions.
The senator's project, which
takes the form of an amendment to
the Oregon primary law, goes to
the people of Oregon by the initia-
tive provision of the present pri-
mary law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30

Have you seen William Ban
ard?"
Perhaps should you look through
your safe you will find one of his
autographs. It's dandy and VIII
liam is an artist, who is being paid
well in easy money for his work
Generally he gets away with about
SIS or $50 at shot. He has been
operating in Spokane for about 60
days already, one of his victims de-
clares, and still this mysterious
manipulation of the golden pen is
keeping out of the way of the
sleuths.
Real estate men seem to be his
favorite prey, For Rent ads are
his best friends and his clever hand
and imposing front" do the rest.
The other day-yesterday, to be eX-
act-"Ranard" as his autograph ad-
dresses him, walked into a prosper
Gus little real estate office on Riv-
erside avenue. He said he wanted
to rent house. The obliging man
behind the counter. with an eye to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
THIRD PRIZE
WINNING ESSAY

In printing the prize winning kiss
contest essays yesterday, part of
the one winning the third prize was
omitted. Here it is completed:
Something made of nothing, tasting
very sweet.
A most delicious compound with in
gradients complete.
1t was clearly meant for giving,
though it's sometimes bought
and sold,
But like coffee and potatoes, it isn't
good when cold.
Can be given to man or woman, or
the baby on your knee,
And it Oft will Danish anger when
words have failed to please.
Something made of nothing; never
just the same.
IT is known in every country where
love has had a name.
Not confined to place or persons
.canbe used in any cline
For this something made of nothing
will stand the test of time.
L. A. r.
Sunday and Daily Press, 10 cents
,naaL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
KNOCKS OUT
4 NON-SO|T

Holding Judge E. II. Sullivan in
error in refusing to let the dam
age case of Maggie Grant against
the o. r. & n. go to a jury to
decide the question OF negligence
on the part of the plaintiff, the
supreme court has overruled the
decision of the local judge and
made an order granting a new
trial.
The plaintiff was injured at
Harrison, Idaho, June II, 1907,
when a switch engine backed a
number of cars into a rig in which
she was riding.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30
WATCHDOG" FARLEY
HOPES FOR ECONOMY

shoulders to the city council and
by the means of hard luck stories
manage to get funds from the kind
hearted city fathers that would
stand a slim chance of being Sc
cured from the comptroller, were
he left to determine the matter.
Comptroller Farley is hopeful
that in 1910 the heads of depart
ments will be enabled to run the
affairs Of the city at a considerable
saving in the total of over $780,
goo set aside for 1910. The new APP
preparations will be available Janu-
AIRY / and it will then be up to each
department to see if any saving can
be made. Any amount of city funds
left at the end of the coming year
vii mean a reduction in the taxes
of 1911
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-30

As rule all this talk of automo-
biles and other new tangled"
things in the city's service CRATES
harshly on the ears of Bob Farley
city comptroller, known otherwise
as the watchdog of the treasury"
Bob has an aversion to increased
expenditures and high taxes and
virtually stands with big stick in
his hand ready to swat any move in
the direction of the treasuray not
authorized by the city charter or
ordinances of the city council.
Yet much as Comptroller Farley
would like to see the policy of econ
omy pursued, he is compelled often
times to sit helpless and see the
cost of conductging the affairs of
the city pile up.
Heads of departments go over his