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Show TIIE BULLETIN Americans' interest in stamps has been greatly stimulated by the number of commemorative and special issues put out by the post office department in recent years. Another stimulus but for a different reason has been fur nished by a book, "Fabulous Stamps: The Romance of the Rarities." written by John W. Nicklin and published by Hastings House of New York. Here are two stories from that volume which indicate the reason for an in crease interest in old stamps: "Let's Play Authors," Says Uncle Sam, And He's Giving Us a New Series of Postage Stamps to Help Us Do. That! By ELMO SCOTT WATSON I back in the REMEMBER days" when to play you ."authors"? It was a card game, you recall, but it wasn't the kind ,that some puritanical folk frowned upon because there was a taint of gambling attached to it Instead, your parents and your teachers encouraged you to play it because they considered it "educational" it familiarized you with the names of the great literary figures of the world and the novels and poems and stories that they had written. Well, your Uncle Samuel recently decided that it might "Famous Americans" would be composed of which peace-tim- e heroes, instead of military and naval heroes, or statesmen. Anticipating possible criticism by some people in regard to the se lection of the men and women whose portraits were to appear on the stamps of different values, Mr. Farley pointed out that the selection of the various denomi nations, which include a one- - two, three, five and stamp for each of the seven stamps of the series, was to be governed by the date of birth of the 35 famous Americans in this new series. In other words, the lowest denomination in each of the seven groups was assigned to that particular American notable whose date of birth orecedes that of all others appearing in this particu lar group, with the notable of the most recent birth being awarded the highest denomination. This chronological birth order has nt series. Thus, no one who believes that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a greater poet than James Whitcomb Riley can object because the face of the Hoosier bard appears on a stamp of higher value than that bearing the portrait of the New Englander. The fact that Longfellow was born in 1807 and Riley in 1853 was the determining factor in placing the picture of the former on the one- cent stamp and the fact of the latter on the Similarly those who love the songs of Stephen Collins Foster can't object because his picture is on a stamp, wnereas those of Edward A. MacDowell and Ethelbert Nevin, of whom they may never have heard, are on the and the stamps, respectively. Of course. it may seem rather silly that Uncle Sam, as represented by his postmaster-genera- l, has to be so very careful to avoid the slightest suspicion of partisanship in such a matter as this. But it's amazing what queer notions people have sometimes, and they've raised a veritable "tempest in a teapot" over lesser matters than this. Having chosen his list of authors, poets, educators, scienand sells you (at a very good tists, composers, artists and inprofit to himself, incident- ventors to appear on his new series of stamps, Uncle Sam next ally). All of which is by way of call- decided on the places for "first 1. e., where each of these ing your attention to a new series days," of "Famous Americans" stamps which the United States post office department is issuing this year. The first set in the series was issued the last part of January and the first part of February; a second set was issued in February; a third will be placed on sale this month and each month until November will see a new group of American notables being honored by having their faces appear on a new set of 10-ce- i one-ce- ni five-ce- 10-ce- nt nt stamps. that the first cf It the seven groups which will be issued this year displayed the faces of five famous authors and the second the countenances of so happens poets hence THE 300-Ye- ar gasoline-o- perated 300-ye- ar two-cen- fA t, five-cen- 1914-191- nt one-cen- two-cen- t, five-cen- ten-cen- one-cen- two-cen- t, - Iiiim'i fain'"'! i(fiv "i ""li 'M: iV five-cen- t, 10-ce- one-cen- Six-Shoot- er two-cen- t, Saint-Gauden- s, N PHOTO-KRAF- five-ce- T nt t, the - POSTAGE. chosen. Thus on January 29 the green one-cestamp bearing the portrait of Washington Irving was placed on sale at Tarrytown, N. Y. On the same day the post office at Cooperstown, N. Y., beo cent gan selling the stamps bearing a likeness of the author of the "Lcathcrstocking Tales" James Fcnimore Cooper. On February 5 the Ralph Waldo Emerson stamp (three-cen-t, purple) was first sold in Boston and the Louisa May Alcott stamp t, Mfc'q.:: blue) in Concord, ' :"!T"!xftS Mass. On February 13 the memp1 ::'""" ory of Samuel Langhorne Cleming us to "play authors" with him ens (Mark Twain, to most Amerby buying these new stamps for icans) was again honored at Hanuse on our letters. As a matter nibal, Mo., with the first day sale of fact, he's going to honor other of a new brown stamp. "Famous Americans," too eduThus Uncle Sam started his cators, scientists, composers, art- new "game" of authors and he ists and inventors. continued it during February by Last November Postmaster issuing the five stamps in the poet General Farley announced that group, as follows: February 18, there wes to be a new series of the Henry W. Longfellow stamp nt red-tw- jT 1896. five-cen- statement at the beginning of the stamps were first to be sold. In article that Uncle Sam was ask- every case the home town of the notable or some place closely associated with his career was STATES UNITED t, one-cen- ed five famous history. (10-cen- been followed throughout the new old-fashion- 2,700-ye- ar Diesel Engine (five-cen- t, ten-ce- be a good thing to revive that game. At least, he decided that we Americans ought to become more familiar with some of the great literary figures in our own past so he's started a variation On the old game of authors on a nation-wid- e scale. You don't "play" it with pasteboards. You "play" it with stamps, which your Uncle Samuel manufactures The Widow's Mite. In the year of our Lord Rome's Popalatioa Rome today has the largest population 1,815,000 it has had in its t, I pJNITEO STATES POSTAGE green) was first sold BY FELIX B. STRCTCKMANS ELMO SCOn WATSON Diesel engine that has been Hotel Cartagena to replace the who have widely tourists Even internal combustion the Rev. F. P. L. Josa served as (raveled have seldom if ever stays! for engine many at Christ years ,wu patented in a three hundred year-ol- d the pastor church, Epis almost SO hotel, yean ago. The man who but when cruising in the West Incopal house of worship at Georgetown, British Guiana. The parish invented it and for whom It is named dies, a landing at Cartagena provides Cambridge, Mass., and the Walt was in dire need of funds to fur- - wai Rudolph Diesel, a German en hotel the chance to sea a Whitman Camat in In blue) Paris gineer who was born centuries four than more a in N. city den, 1858. J.; February 24, the old. t, lames Whitcomb Riley The main difference between Drown; at Greenfield, Ind. Diesel engine and 'Hills of Corn' Measurement Beginning this month with the a gasoline engine educators' group the stamps will In Hyde county, N. C farmland Is that the Diesel oe placed on sale as follows; explodes the fuel fs measured in hills of corn instead Educators. by compression of acres. Roughly an acre is equal Instead of a spark to 2,750 hills of corn. 14 Boston, March Horace and requires no t, Mann, green. carburetor sys 14 March Williamstown, tern, no ignition t, Mass., Mark Hopkins, system and burns rea. crude oil instead March 28 Cambridge, Mass., of gasoline. The three-cenCharles W. Eliot, puroil is made highther certain charitable works that pie. ly explosive unMarch 28 Evanston, HI. Fran were dear to the heart of the be HOTELS in der Rudolph Diesel the pressure and loved cleric. ces K. Willard, t, blue. BENO. NEVADA, tsp at the Whm ia cylinder HOTEL GOLDEN BMW's tergast aad A certain widow, long a sup- the heat of the pressure sets it off. porter of Christ church, felt a The Diesel engine made the Gerdeep urge to assist the charitable man submarine far more effective Hotel Plandome Salt Lake work in which the Reverend Josa in the 8 World war, increas Sill Be. At State St Singb Tie - SI. SI M was engaged, but was unfortu ing its cruising range. Normally nately without financial resources operated by electric batteries, subs ELCAR HOUSE TRAILERS to devote to this worthy pur used the Diesel engine also to re $495 and up 24 Months to Pay pose. "What else might I con charge the batteries and operate FRAIL AND WHOLESALE tribute from my meager posses fiie submarines during that time, al DEALERS WANTED sions?" she wondered. "Those lowing them to remain away longer Morgan Motor & Finance Co. old letters, perhaps? That visi from their bases. TI4 Sens Hale St. Sett Like City. Utal tor from the old country had said But a Diesel, although years ago that they were of some GermanRudolph race, STARTED PULLETS worked for by value. Especially that one letter as America and as. France, Any umsaat. Any tin Any bearing a pair of circular stamps well as England, He was drowned WILL SHIP ANYWHERF. Germany. LYMAN POULTRY FLACK they had used for a time in after falling from a boat in crossing 1171 Beat Mta Booth Stract Georgetown when I was but a the English channel to obey a call girl." SURGE MILKERS to consult with the British admiralty Whiwww.wm iiiit)ausnw)jsia And so, on the following Sun in 1913. is believed that he was It show why SURGE, the Let a prove the widow of Georgetown pushed off the boat to prevent plans faataat Milker and rU MORE and nawithaailtlaw time April 7 Tuskegee Institute, day, milk CLEANER and later. in collection the cf placed plate of German the Booker ten T. submarines falling Ala., Write for information. Washington, an old faded Christ church and Into British hands. WALLACE TAYLOR. Dietrlfeater cent, brown. letter bearing two copies of the tt Be. Weat Tample Salt Lake Cftr. Utah Scientists. two-ceBritish Guiana stamp of April 8 St Francisville, La., 1850. The Reverend Josa later Wilmot Proviso INEXPENSIVE MEALS John James Audubon, t, sold these to a E. C. Luard for TF YOU remember the American feed ia Bait Lake la served by beat The green. a sum in excess of $1,000. The A history you learned in school you Tba MAYFLOWER CAFE 8 Dr. went work on April Jefferson, Ga., the widow's will recall, of course, that the Wil good at 114 Sooth Main POPULAR PRICED Lunehrons. Dinner and Sandwichca Crawford W. Long, red. mite had accomplished far great mot Proviso was one of those acts er 17 she than Santa Rosa. Calif.. had hoped it of congress which was to "settle good April BROKEN LENSES DUPLICATED Luther Burbank, three-cen- t, pur would. Everyone was pleased. the slavery dispute." Introduced as Mr. Orallat's subse who Luard, Prescription Filled. Wholesale an amendment to a bill appropriat especially ple. Prices. Broken lenses duplicated by maU. with his quently 17 to from parted purchase land Dr. Wal $2,000,000 ing April purchase Washington, THE OPTICAL SHOP, A. E. Fear at a handsome profit. This wid Mexico, t, It stipulated that "neither 114 Baatea Baildia ter Reed, blue. Salt Lake City. Utah ow's letter has an approximate slavery nor involuntary servitude April 26 Chicago, Jane Ad- WINDOW SHADES present valuation of $30,000, a sum shall ever exist in t, brown. dams, sufficient to build an entire any part of the When com in to Salt Lake Citr. brine tnoae church. Composers. eld ahade roAcra and have new cloth put on said territory." them. Saptr Window Shade Cab, 41 Richard May 3 Bardstown, Ky.. Ste That whs the bl., salt .Lene uity. uiaa. Treasure ia a Cornfield. t, of green. phen C. Foster, "proviso" part LIFE INSURANCE In 1925 a stamp hunter was the expression. May 3 Washington, John Phil on clue un But a he had about what working red. SAVE ip Sousa, GET POLICY Write Ml Bceaoa M, Bnildinr, Salt Lake City. Utah May 13 New York, Victor Her earthed concerning an old bank the "Wilmot?" whose records he believed to be David Wilmot bert, three-cent, purple. TRUSSES in existence in the general vicin elected to the Surcical Inetrumenta, house as a Demo Hoepital Supplies, ity of Baltimore. TruiMa Manufacturer! of Abdominal SupAfter a painstaking search he crat in 1845, ofporter, Elastic Stocking. was chagrined to learn that the fered the amend The Physic lane Supply Campany 4 W tnd South St - Salt Lake Cite. Utah bank in question had been out of ment in 1848. It y0. business over 50 years and its won In the house OFFICE EQUIPMENT records long since destroyed. He but failed in the senate; but it had NEW was AND USED desk aad chairs, Sbn done Its work. Eventually, the Unit learned, however, that there addine sack's, safes, a family of the same name in a ed States won that land from Mex B.typewriters, L. DESK EX, IS W. Broadway. Ball Lake country district not far distant ico by conquest but no slavery ever BRICK STAIN OPPORTUNITY So he went to the farm of the existed in it Uanaaal opportunity now open to man with family believing there was small When the Republican oartr wai Real Estate, Building ar Paintina experience, chance to find any. old stamps in formed, Wilmot Joined it and was a for eery profitable work la year town. Inso a place abandoned as the dis delegate to its conventions In 1858 vestment of enl SSt raonired. If aa want hare necessary Experience S work, trict appeared to be Eying- eat, write and I860, acting as temporary chair BRICK STAIN COMPANY Upon reaching the general man ox the latter. He lost the race Salt Lake City. Utah vicinity of his destination he had for governor of his native state of Atlaa BsiUinjr the farm in question pointed out Pennsylvania in 1857 but continued BABY CHICKS, TURKEY POULTS to him. As he turned his steps to serve as president-judg-e f 'i of the All Leadins; Varieties. without enthusiasm toward the Thirteenth Pennsylvania district unSuperior Hreedinn Over .RIGHT Delivered FRESH. May 13 Peterborough. N. H old farm house he noticed that til 1861 when he was elected United Hatched to moat all InterminiB. service delivery night Edward A. MacDowell, tain Brooders. Feeder. Walerrra. Etc. t was flanked by several small States senator. His term ended in Creditpoint. available. 12 month to blue. Write or outbuildings. When the path he 1863 when he became iudee of the wire for free illustrated folder. pay June 10 Pittsburgh, Pa., Ethel was following brought him United States court of claims. Kamshaws Pioneer Hatchery bert Nevin, brown. MIT Be. BUte Bt. Wilmot died in 1868. leaving hi Bah Lake City. Utah Artists. Phono: HyUnd 3S3S; Marray 474 name in the American history books even though he didn't leave much of September 5 Narragansett, R. KODAK FINISHING a mark on American history. t, I., Gilbert C. Stuart, PHOTO-KRAF- T green. ECONOMY FILM SERVICE September 5 Lowell. Mass.. J. Colt Aa RoH Developed with A. M. Whistler, red. abreast of the first of these, he S Qualify Prints TITHEN the Mexican war ended 25c scatbits noticed of few a 16 New York, Au paper September Extra Prints 3c and Americans set about about to three-cen- t, the tered near ground just gustus Wrap coin and film carefully the last conquer an what field. of frontier, the hung edge adjoining purple. SCHRAMM-JOHNSODRUGS of every horseman of the 16 September Stockbridge, Stooping, he picked up the first. at the hip Boa 749 whether Texas plains, a was letter. it It ranger, troopt, Daniel over, F. Turning Mass., French, Bah Lake City. Utah he was amazed to see that it con er in the United States blue. frontier marshall or outlaw? Bal boy, September 30 Canton, N. Y., tained on its face a Not a gun, a pistol or a revolver' timore stamp, worth about $1,000. Frederic Remington, HOTEL BEN LOMOND brown. Hardly believing his senses, he nor a "gat" or a "rod." It was a the one word that Inventors. remained rooted to the spot, star- Colt OGDEN, UTAH was universal for October 7 Savannah, Ga., Eli ing at the bit of paper in his revolver. It wasn't hand. He hardly noticed that the Whitney, green. named that beady of the house had been ap cause it was a proaching and now stood before smaller edition of him. Trying to hide his great the horse pistol excitement he asked if he might carried by horselook through the old papers that men but because ay scattered before them. it was invented "Surely," said the lady, "they by Samuel Colt, old come from the granary. We born in Hartford, are clearing it out and are deConn., in 1814. old the papers of grandstroying He invented the father. They are no use to us revolver the first now. In fact half of them have mall arm In Dm been burned up already." s dnLTvuB ii Samuel Colt more than one The net result of the ensuing shot without reloading. His invena total of eight more tion, patented in 1836 when he IU" I5 KM te I4.SS rw7 'i-- IB: 3 search was Family Rooms far 4 pereaai . S4.M Ealtimore stamps and a only 22, shaped early American hit. Ah- Cooled Laeag aad Lathy number of other valuable speci- tory by taming the frontier. Grill Ream . CaSee Shop Tap Room mens of lesser rarity, chiefly of Roma el Colt The became not the 1847 general United States Joury Klwanis Kieceilvr only a synonym for a certain type Eicbaaee Optima October 7 New York, Samuel of and a common firearm but Chamber name, of Commerce aad Ad Club The house cleaning so fortu it F. B. Morse, red. a symbol of the reien of became October 14 Lexington, Va., Cy- nately interrupted had proceeded law in a lawless land. "Judge Colt" Hotel Ben Lomond to such an extent that about half was rus U. McCormick, three-cenOGDEN. UTAH Judge, Jury and executioner of the papers had already been Com o yen ere when a man's life depended upon the purple. What did these conT. K. Pilsgeiald. Mgr October 14 Spencer, Mass., destroyed. speed of his draw. Gunplay was no tain? More Buchanans, Elias Howe, blue. thanks to a man named horseplay, October 23 Boston, Alexander perhaps a few of the rare Colt WNU Who Week Na. 4SIS can tell? SALT LAKE stamps. G. Bell, brown. Western (one-cen- at Portland, Maine, and the John Greenleaf Whittier stamp (two- cent, red) at Haverhill, Mass.; February 20 the James Russell Lowell (three-cenpurple) at OUItaaed by Western Newspaper Union.) "The Name Is Familiar 'Moonkbine Containers Virginia county, Virginia, welfare departments have found a rich source of containers for preserved Police defoods and vegetables. over hunturned have partments dreds of half -- gallon jars the famed containers of the Souths illegal "moonshine liquor." (five-cen- 10-ce- nt six-shoot- one-cen- t, mom at e . - mi five-ce- nt . er "SS-S- i" two-cen- t, t, five-ce- nt five-cen- t, 10-ce- nt 10-ce- (Ilrlrased by Ncwipoper Union. I |
