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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

the activity in the selling OF sites. 1t
has been found impossible to arrange for
an increase in prices OF lots In the tract
by May ]. as had been planned and no
change Will be made for several days.
The committee which has this matter In
charge. however Is drawing up a plan,
and announcement Of the changes VIII
be made In the near future.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
Idaho Postmasters Named.

Special 10 The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. April 30,-The
following fourth class postmasterE were
appointed In Idaho today: Park. Latah
county. Sylvester Flatreo; Raymond. Bear
Lake county William w. Call.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

prize will be given in this department each
for the best of letters submitted the contest
by boys and girls of public school age.
prize will be dollar in cash, with the usual sub
scrpon alternative desired and the second prize will be
handsome book
Contributions from $50 800 words in length must
side the paper only signed with ad
Dress school grade and be entirely original and the work Of
the person who signs and submits it.
Papers for this competition must be addressed Aunt Laurie
Herald Junior The Herald Los Angeles Cal
Topic: the Old Farm Stories this subject
must this office later than Thursday April 28
for publication May 6.
Topic: "The Fairy" Stories this subject must be
received office than Thursday May S. for publ
May IS Do write anything which you have read but
your imagination.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
DRIVEN BY GINGERBREAD
HORSES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Alice would be six years old in
few days She went TO her mother
and told her that she would like
gingerbread man for her birthday
present.
The morning of her birthday dawned
clear and bright. After she had eaten
her breakfast she went into the play
ROOM where she found her birthday
presents. There were many nice
things, and among them was the little
gingerbread man.
she put them all in row TO look
at them She thought they were all
very nice, but to her the gingerbread
man was the incest.
All at once he began to talk. He
said:
"Dear little girl, would you like to
go with me to the land of the ginger
bread people?"
"I would like to very much IL ] had
any way to CO." she replied.
Just give me your hand and away
we will CO." he said
They flew along so fast that Alice
could hardly see what she was pass
ing, In the far distance she could see
a brown speek. which. as they went
along. grew larger, until at last they
came TO the land of the gingerbread
man. She was very astonished at the
sight which met her eyes. Everything
was made of gingerbread, even the
buildings which were very small
There was one building larger than
the Others and TO this she was taken.
II had two large gates. and above them
were the words. 1.-The Castle of the
King" She was taken into the castle.
"This," said the little gingerbread
man, lis my home
"You are then the king OF the gin
gerbread people, are you not?" asked
Alice.
"Yes, am the king. and the people
are very kind to me-"
She was taken all over the castle
and the grounds. Then she was driven
through the city in a carriage drawn
by two gingerbread horses.
She was very much delighted TO think
that when she went home she could
say that she had been to visit the
gingerbread people.
MABEL ANDREWS.
Burnett school. grade Al, Burnett
Cal, II. ]. c. No. 2.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTESTS

Land. The people in America make
the same kind of ginger bread.
1t is so hot down there that they
can take some of the bread i'm a piece
of paper and carry it any place they
go. Some of the ladies carry bread in
their pocketbooks and the men carry 1t
In pieces of paper and stick it in their
coat pockets or vest pockets to keep it
hot.
One day that man made about $40. He
went all over town calling. "Ginger
bread, two pieces for cents!" so ev-
eryone came out and bought some.
MARY CAMPBELL.
Sawtelle city school. grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
WANTED TO RIDE A CAT

Dear Aunt Laurie;
Once upon a time there was boy
who wanted to be so small that he
could ride on eat. In the woods near
where he lived was the castle of the
gingerbread man. He had heard many
wonderful things about this castle. One
day he ran away from home and into
the woods He went on and on till he
came to the castle of the gingerbread
man.
A guard was walking in front of the
castle. and he conducted Max to the
throne room of the king. He was asked
his wish 1t was to be small enough
to ride on a cat. The king said it was
"A simple thing to grant wish in the
land of the gingerbread man. So he
granted his wish at once.
He staid with the king little while
and then he went back home Every
one was much amazed to see him rid
ing a cat.
HUGH MURDOCH,
Age 9, grade IA, Breed street school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

toward the window and opened 1t.
Follow me-" he said.
Tommy went, but he was afraid to
jump so far The little man flew out
of the window as If he were a bird.
When Tommy jumped he flew out just
as the man had. Instead of going to
the ground they went up into the air.
After flying many miles they landed
in a funny looking land. Everything
was gingerbread. The houses were
very small. Tommy thought he was
too big to go into one of the houses into
which the little man was going, till he
looked down at himself and found that
he vas only about eighteen inches
high.
The little gingerbread man asked
him if he was hungry. When Tommy
said lie was they sat down to a little
gingerbread table and ate gingerbread.
After they had eaten dinner they went
to the school. The desks were made of
gingerbread. The books, the states
and even the children were ginger
bread.
After they had been to the school
they went to the circus. AS the man
went into the gingerbread tent he said,
After we go in here I have several
other places to show you" Tommy
rode on gingerbread elephants, camels,
donk evs and horses. He gave monkeys
gingerbread to eat, and watched the
keeper fee5 the lions, tigers and bears.
Just as Tommy was stepping into
chariot drawn by six small ponies he
heard his fathers voice He opened
his eyes and there stood his father.
why, Tommy, your covers are all on
the foor, and you have been talking
about gingerbread in your sleep.
think you ate too much gingerbread
last night EUNICE JACKSON.
Sawrelle school. grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

from a date l reached in the fire and
took him out and to my surprise, he
said: "I am a really gingerbread man
and IL you follow me / will give you
a dear little dolly for your very own"
So taking my hand we sailed up the
chimney and out in the pretty green
fields, where 1 saw many moro men
and ladies and children just like my
little friend no one seemed surprised
to see me and all acted as If l were
one of them. and looking down at my
self / found l was as small as my
friends, the gingerbread people, and
that | was a really and truly ginger
bread girl. We played games and
danced and had a merry time, my lit
tie friend of the fireplace keeping close
to me all the time.
Their streets and everything they
had were made of gingerbread, and
while 1 was trying to ride a little
gingerbread bicycle, / slipped and fell
down, then I rubbed my eyes and
there 1 was on the floor where I had
fallen from my STOOL My poor little
gingerbread man was all broken. 1t
was only a dream after all.
JESSIE CLAUDINO.
663 West Thirty-sixth place. Jeffer-
son Street school, A4 3 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
AT THE SOUTH POLE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The ginger bread man lives at the
south pole. All the people there eat
ginger bread.
The ginger bread man sells the bread
to the people at the south pole. They
call him the ginger bread man.
He makes about five or six dollars
day selling the bread to the people and
they like the bread that he brings. for
it is good. He sells two pieces for 3
cents.
His wife makes all the ginger bread
for him to sell and the people eat so
much that it is called the Ginger Bread
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
THEN THE BAND PLAYED

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One evening l sat reading dreamily
A gingerbread man lay on a dish left
from supper. Suddenly he jumped up
and said How would you like to visit
Gingerbread land?'
Hugely" l replied.
He gave a long whistle and two
horses appeared. They looked very
much like animal cookies | had seen
in the store. / feared to mount mine
because / was afraid it would break
But Mr.. Gingerbread Man assured me
that it would not, so / mounted and
we rode away.
Afterwhile we entered a forest. 1t
was dark one and only now and then
was there a clear view of the sky.
Suddenly my horse broke and 1 fell
to the ground. Then I heard a roar
and an instant later a cookie lion APP
peared.
Mr.. Gingerbread Man turned nearly
as pale as though he had been made
of white bread Then he drew from
his pocket a box of pepper and threw
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
PRETTY FLOWER WORKS CHARM

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Early one morning ] decided to take
a stroll in the mountains. ! climbed
and climbed. Suddenly | came to a
deep cliff. l got down on the. ground TO
look over.
Down below l spied a pretty flower.
but / could hardly reach it. / looked
around and found some long grass and
Il forked twig. 1 tied the grass on the
stick and reached over to get the
flower. Just then ] heard noise like
the roaring of a fire. l forgot the
flower and ran to where the sound
came from and there was a large fire.
went on about a quarter of a mile,
when | saw a large man working as
hard as he could by a large oven.
did not go close, because I was afraid
| saw him put some large pans in the
oven. He turned around and when he
saw me he mOtioned for me to come
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
AVALANCHE FALLS OVER
HOUSE IN THE NIGHT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
AS my grandma lived in Switzerland
she can tell her grandchildren many. in
teresting stories. One story she never
gets tired of telling and her grand
children love to hear as she sits knit
ing before the fire is:
When 1 was a little girl I lived at
the foot of some famous mountains.
Near by lived four Swiss children. and
their father. They lived in a little
Swiss chalet. The mother had died
when the youngest was a baby. They
were poor so the oldest, who was IL,
kept house. Their father had to guide
some travellers over the mountains one
time. He could not be back until the
next day. 1t was sunset and Franz
grew tired of playing so he leaned his
head in his sisters laps and fixed his
gentle blue eyes upon the mountain
top. Soon he was fast asleep. Karine
was already sleeping, with her fat hand
under her rosy cheek. Theresa soon
had the cottage door bolted and the
children snug in bed. She had not
slept long when she was awakened by
a sudden shock as though something
had struck the little chalet and made
it tremble all over
isn't it morning yet?" murmured
Rolert. Therese did not know what it
was and tired with her days work
soon forgot her fright and fell asleep.
But she was awakened several times
and wondered when it would be morn
ing. Robert was aroused also and said,
II mean TO get up" They were Joined
by little Karine, who. awakening. cried
for her breakfast. "Ah," sighed Te
rese. "if we only had light" But they
could not find any. for their father had
taken them with him. She found some
black bread which she gave to her
brothers and some milk to little Ka
rine. Robert took down the heavy bar.
To his surprise the door flew open. He
found himself buried in some cold sub
stance on the floor.
"Oh! Therese, Franz!" cried Robert;
come and help me-" "What can it
be? why, this is snow" said Franz.
At last the truth dawned upon them.
They were buried beneath an ava
lanche of snow. 1t had fallen in the
night, but had not even broken the
roof. "What shall we do?" cried The
rese. Father will dig US out" cried
Franz. Il am afraid he cannot find
us" cried Therese. Little Karine grew
too exhausted to cry.
Hark! What was that noise? An
other heavy thud upon the roof and
the beautiful sun shone in. Little
Franz Hoffmeister, are you here?'
cried someone. Franz was too feeble
to speak, so Robert shouted "Yes.
Yes! We are all here" In a few mo-
ments the neighbors had carried the
half-frozen children into the open air.
where their father, who had dropped
down with fatigue, awaited them.
PAULA KOERNER,
Grade 4, Farmdale school, Bairds-
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24

and sit down. When l got close to him
l saw he was made of ginger bread.
He told me he was the ginger bread
man. Then he turned around and went
on with his work. stayed and watched
him till l thought ii was time TO go
home. 1 told him l would come back
again some day and watch him work.
1 went home as happy as bee.
IVAN CUNDIFF.
Sawtelle city school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
YOUNG WRITER'S CONTEST

First prize-Mam White 1928 South Fgueroa street. Seven
teenth street school grade 8.
Second prze-Panzy Wooley 1910 Marposa avenue, Olive
street high school.
Honorable mention-nez udgns Burnett school 9TH grade
Burnett Pearl May Sawee school, grade Sawtele Eunce
Jackson grade SaWee school, Sawtelle Ruth Allen grade o.
SaWtelle school, Sawtelle.
LIMERICK CONTEST
First prze-Rut Rogers aged II, 9TH grade Plaza school,
Ventura
Second rrizeBuon Rogers aged 9 grade a. Plaza school,
Ventura
Honorable mention-sadora Brown aged 9 grade Cole
grove school, Oil anasquan Cogrove George Garrison
Mitchell grade T. Sxtyghh school, 902 West Sxty6h
Hugh g. Hamilton 1859 East Twenseventh street.
Ninth school, grade s. Hazel Peterson aged IL grade >
Twenty yeghth school, 176 East Thyfourth street
CURRENT TOPICS CONTEST
mistake the roll of honor for this department not
changed last week. 1t is follows:
First prize Caudna Pesquero San Fernando high school,
San Fernando
Honorable mention Gladys Gervas Anaem school,
grade Letha Musseman 1882 Wilton place Normande
school.
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTESTS
First pze-loence E. Srom, 4424 Stanford avenue grade
Mckinley street school,
Second prize-Luce Davenport 3lS North Mathews street,
grade 10, Los Angeles high school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
PLAYED PRETTY GAMES

Dear Aunt Laurie:
| was sitting by the fireplace and
watching the flames. when all of a sud-
den l seemed to see a tiny figure in
them, but soon it got larger, till it
was about a foot high, and the queer
est little man you ever did see. He
was a yellowish brown and had two
eurrants for eyes. slice of citron Tor
a mouth and a dear little nose made
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-18
FAIRBANKS IN BERLIN,
Former Vice President and His Wife
Dine with Hills After a Sight-See-
ing Trip in the City.

BERLIN, Feb. 14.-Former Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived in
Berlin today. The presence of the for
mer vice president was made known to
Emperor William by the American en-
bassy through the usual official channels,
and it is presumed that his majesty will
invite Mr. Fairbanks to call upon him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairbanks spent the day
in making calls and sightseeing, and
dined with American Ambassador and
Mrs. Hill. Among the tWenty-fOur
guests at the dinner were DR.. Frederick
Won Moltke, Prussian minister of the
interior, and his wife; DR.. Beseler, Prus-
sian minister of justice, and the latters
wife and daughter; Baron Chinda, Japa-
nese ambassador to Germany; Baron
Won Dem Bussche Haddenhausen and
the Countess Won Groeben, mother of
Count Won Wedel, counsellor and first
secretary Of the German embassy at
Washington.
Others who came in during the music
that followed the dinner included WI
the United States, who is returning home
by way Of Berlin, Dresden, Vienna and
st. Petersburg Ambassador Hill will
give luncheon for Mr.. Fairbanks on
Wednesday, to which invitations have
been accepted by Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Holweg, the presidents of the
Reichstag and the Prussian House of
Lords and by other distinguished states
men. A series of receptions in honor of
Mrs Fairbanks is being arranged.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-18
NEW LAND FOUND
IN THE ANTARCTIC
FRENCH EXPEDITION REACHES
LATITUDE 70 SOUTH.
COAST LINES SURVEYED AND NEW
MAPS MADE.

VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb. 12.-The
French antarctic expedition under DR..
Jean NJ. Charcot reached latitude 20 de-
grees south, longitude 126 degrees west,
and discovered 100 miles of new land to
the west and south of Alexander island.
PUNTA ARENAS, Feb. 12.-The
French Antarctic expedition appears to
have been a success from a scientific
point of view. DR.. CharcOt, the COM
mander, is here, having arrived on the
steamer POurquOis Pas. New land was
discovered far south, the coast lines were
surveyed, and earlier maps made com
plete.
During the first Antartic summer,
190S-O9, the expedition, in spite of diff
culties was able to complete the French
map as far as Adelaide island off the
and the westernmOSt of the group of
Queen Adelaide islands. A stretch of
new land, 120 miles long was also sur
yeyed The expedition ultimately reached
Alexander island. The region was eX-
plOred and proved to be barren and COW
cred with icebergs, glaciers and masses
Of rock. 1t afforded no shelter to the
explorers, who Wintered at Petermann
island.
The season was comparatively mild,
but bad enough to cause considerable
sickness in the party. Numerous inter
esting excursions were made among the
glaciers.
During the subsequent Antarctic sum
mer, the expedition explored Deception
and Budgeman islands in Southshelt
Land archipelago. Following this, the ex-
plorers continued SOUTH discovering new
land to the west and south of Alexander
land, and Peter I. island was also Wis
tied. The expedition navigated as far as
latitude 70 degrees south, longitude 12O
west
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-18
TO RIVAL PRIZE FIGHT.
National Press Club Plans Event in
Washington Which Ought to Make
Ring Look Tame.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. ID. -
The National Press CLUB is planning an
event for next Tuesday evening, which,
by comparison, is likely to make the JEFF
fries-J ohnson prize fight seem as tame as
a tiddledewinks tournament In a theo-
logical seminary.
1t proposes to put Speaker Cannon
and Senator La Toilette, former Chief
Forester Pinchot and Prof. Willis l..
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, and
Representative Champ Clark, leader of
the minority party in the House, and Dr.
II. w. Wiley, chief chemist of the de-
partment of agriculture, on the same
platform to talk against each other i'll
ten-minute rounds on the subjects near
est and dearest to their hearts" WASH
ingtonians are looking for something that
will rival the massacre Of st. Barthol1-
news day.
At the end of the ten minutes EACH
speaker is to have to put his HOBBY
through it's PAGES the referee will call
time by beating the top of an anvil to
pieces with a hammer. The anvil and
hammer are brought into the mize en-
scene as a delicate touch of symbolism
that is thought singularly suitable 70 the
occasion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-18
CHA PTFR ET.

E1A81 LEX -AA-
One day Betty, tired of watching the
seascope slip nonotonousIy by, SAM
pied putting her foot TO the deck. The
touch Of the timber Weakened ambition
within her, so the second foot slowly
followed the first Then Betty made
another try, and found that she could
stand erect-rather lottery, it was true.
Then she tried to walk, but hardly
had she gone half dozen steps when
Iyoga was with her.
Careful, careful smiled the ne
gress. Don't try too much, and be
careful, mighty careful round this
boat. This is a bad boat, Missy. it
ought to fly the pirate flag"
Betty shivered She had grown 30
like Tyoga, for the negress had been
devotion itself in the services she had
given to the young American girl
Taciturn and commanding, Betty had
never been able to evoke from her
either the object or the direction of
their journey beyond what the negress
had told her that first morning. That
she had been very i'll, Betty knew, and
that LIE Malheureux was a physician of
high skill she had shrewdly guessed
Betty rarely saw him, never in a bright
light, though when he played on deck
of nights, as he always did, the magic,
mystery and misery in the music made
her heart thrOb and her eyes fill with
tears. 1t was the wall of a heart and
Of soul in prison, and in despair. All
endeavors to elicit any information
from her surroundings having failed,
Betty had resigned herself to the inev-
liable, postponed the finding of the an
sWer and estimating her own enfeebled
condition had got down to taking
things as she found them, reveling in
the salt and sweep of Nature and the
sea air and the willy nilly voyage that
had fallen to her lot.
Time and it's reckoning had all been
lost. Betty, finding that the compto-
meter of the days had slipped from her
mind did not try to retain it. She
merely rested and waited. But there
were times, occasions and remarks
that Tyoga and LIE Malheureux both
would ofttimes make that caused Betty
to shiver, and forced her once more in
to a wonderment of the wherefore and
the why.
Don't, Tyoga!" she fretted now.
)
speak like that. I'm restless, anyway.
| and l want to be amused. Take me
some place."
DO you want to go into my kitch-
en-" suggested Tyoga, humoring her.
Most little girls like to mess in the
kitchen. If you want to you may go
| down and make fudge"
"Tyoga," asked Betty. where did
| you get that wonderful education of
yours? Tell me, do. Your English is
| perfection!"
A shade of pain crossed the negress'
| face, and her features set in immobil-
| ity.
DO you want to go into the kitch-
en?" she repeated.
NO" replied Betty, imperiously, Il
| want to go see lie MalheureuX.
| don't like him, Tyoga, he repels me as
| much as if he were a horrid beast But
I feel sorry for him. Take me where
| he is"
Ito be continued.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-18
FEAR TUG IS WRECKED,
Grave Apprehension Felt at Navy De-
partment for Nina, Which Carried
Twcnty-e1ghI Men.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. -
Grave apprehension is felt at the navy
department concerning the naval tug
Nina, which, it is feared. has been lost
at sea. The tug, which is the tender to
the third submarine division, left the
Norfolk navy yard at $50 last Sunday
morning for Boston and has not been
heard from since leaving Chesapeake
bay Orders have been sent from the
navy yards at Norfolk, Philadelphia and
Boston to Immediately send vessels to
Chief Boatswain John S. Croaghan. She
has complement of twenty eight men.