, 1891-01-01
GRIMES WINS.
The Popular Cheyenne Phyician
Carries off the Prize.
DR.. Ricketts, of Carbon Develops
Extraordinary Strength
And Comes Within an Ace of Win
ming First Place.
An Exciting Close TO What Has
Proven an Interesting Contest.

dicated midnight last night the physi-
clans contest for a set OF surgical instru-
ments came to a feverish close. Votes
poured in during the entire day and it
was remarked how widespread the inte-
est in the outcome was. Scores of peo-
pie IN Cheyenne had never sent in a single
coupe until the last cay and then they
precipitAted in a perfect avalanche keeping
the circulator aud his assistants on the
Jump.
DIR. Grimes of Cheyenne had been
leading 10 the contest for sone time past
but with so many coupons still to be heard
from there was a good deal of doubt
as to how the cat would
jump at the very last moment, 1t be-
came evident very carly that DR.. Crimes
was the only physician in the owl who
would come w1rsin hailing distance of the
prize The morning mail brought stacks
of coupons for that popular physician not
only from all over Wyoming, but from
points as far east as Philadelphia and
south as far as Fort Worth, Tex, the lat
ter Place and Omaha making the biggest
contributions from the outside. Within
the state and excluding Cheyenne his
heaviest vote came from Fort Washakie,
where the doctor was at one time sta
toned and is still favorably remembered.
From G O'Clock in the evening
until 10 o'clock at night THE LEAD
Err office was thronRed with people
who we're Just as excited as though a
presidential election was being decided.
The widest rumors prevailed as to how
the votes we're running. About ! O'Clock
two gentlemen from Carbon reached the
Office. They had with them $50 votes
for DIR. Ricketts, of that place. The
rumor that these two gentlemen were in
town soon spread broad cast. The friends
Of DR.. Grimes up to 10 O'Clock we're en-
tirely confident OF his success. To their
mind no one else stood the ghost of a
show. but about that hour a change
come DER the spirit of their
dreams. The friends of tho Carbon
doctor had been working the thing pretty
smooth. They might have hundreds OF
coupons back to send IN at the last min
ute and thereby swamp the hope Of Chey-
enne Esculapian idol. Under the terms
OF the contest those holding coupons in
any town In tue state mad the privilege
of filing them with THE LEADER
agent at that place who was to telegraph
before the contest closed, stating the num-
Der oil coupons IN his possession and Tor
whom they were to be counted. These
were TO be sent 10 oy the next mail and
submitted TO the Judges oil the contest Tor
verincation. Inc OBJECT OF tins arrange
ment was to place each town IN the state
on an exactly equal footing.
the friends oil Grlmes concluded
that Dr. Ricketts, was their most danger
Gus there was Il perfect STAN
pede. lhE LEADER press was kept go
ing all evening to supply the demand n
the Grlmes men formed a
pool to buy up papers. About
a dozen OF Grlmes' adherents
were on hand armed with stamps contain
ing Or. Grimes name and address so as
to save time IN marking the coupons. At
ll:3O the excitement had reached fever
heat when a telegram was received
from Mr.. +. +. Shannon, The
LEADERS agent at Carbon stat
ing that he had 6,42l coupons
for Ricketts, When this was read the
countenances of the Grimes adherents
fell p~receptibly. IL looked as though the
jig was up, but a dozen Grimes men
worked with a will on the coupons until
the very stroke OF H. Ed LAWYER n
Gene Colwell acted as time keepers and
the ome the hour was reached they
called time ard no further votes were
.ooo;,oJ IT. Id III -. IL
i A"e Juuses uau Aept up tue
count pretty close, but they had nearly
half an hours work after the contest
closed When the resplt pas 6poIly m
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nouneeu d snou' went UP 'ual must nav
startled the neigilborhood and for an hour
al'er"aru siuaus Vi "rimes men couiu De
nearu parauing aiong the stree's win a
marching cry OF "Grmss, Grimes, DIR. X.
B. Grimes" Scores of people who in