Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-07-27 | Page 9 | Not Allowed to Pull Uncle Sam's Whiskers

NOT ALLOWED VED TO PULL UNCLE SAMS SAM'S WHISKERS SEATTLE July 27 Following 27 Following complaints complaints com corn plaints from Irons citizens who said the game same was Insulting to loyal Americans Director of ot Concessions G G. E. E Mattox yeste yesterday ay ordered or- or dered des ered closed a b booth oth in the Japanese vii vii- lage age at the Alaska Alaska- Yukon Pacific Yukon expos exposi exposi I. I tion Ion This booth contained an attraction known cnown as all Pulling Uncle Samu Sams Whiskers Three plaster busts representing Un Uncle de Sam were In the booth The whiskers were made of strings which patrons would pull out securing prizes according to o the numbers attached to the whIskers whiskers whis kers bars The I manager manager of the tho Japanese village which has no connection with the official Japanese exhibit said that no Insult was meant by the game and that It seemed to o be popular with the Americans