The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
WHITE PINES TWO HAADSOMEST
DAUGHTERS TO BE DETERMINED
BY POPULAR VOTE.
ELECTION RUMORS.
Over Twenty Candidates In the
Field.

The beauty contest so far mas Deen 4
great success. A heavy vote has al
ready been polled here in Ely and every
mail brings votes from other parts of
the county. Fully twenty candidates
are in the field and as yet 1t is impossi.
BILE to foretell the result.
Fewer votes have come from Cherry
Creek than any other place in the coun-
ty. What is the matter up there, no
pretty girls TO match that fine climatef
Since this election bfgar we have
been converted to firm belief in wo-
men 3 suffrage. The young ladies have
certainly learned well the devious ways
of politics from the examples of their
fathers, brothers or some other fellow.
We understand that one candidate is
Offering 80 cents a vote and another IS
dispensing whiskey, cigarettes andchew-
ing gum-thls is awful. We hope that
the reports are unfounded. Unhappily
the purity of election law don't apply 10
this election.
However, the integrity of the Judges
Is unimpeachab At the suggestion
of Commissioner Burke we have called
to our aid Messrs. Campton and Clark
who will assist in counting the votes
next Thursday evening. Ladies', II Is
no use--you cannot buy us, but the best
course is Just Ia hustle for votes. But
here is a tip-go after the old boys.
they are easy.
The award medal to be issued in gold,
silver and bronze for the Omaha expo.
sition, is to be adorned on one side by a
composite picture made up from the
photographs of the fairest daughters of
the West. From each State this side
of the Mississippi, will be selected the
prettiest face, making in all twenty
four models OF loneliness. The choice
of the fair ones has been left to the
State Vice-Presidents, according to any
plan which they may choose. Col. II.
b. Maxson. Vice President for Nevada
has announced his plan for choosing
Nevada's fair representatives rs follows:
Il shall ask the Exposition County
Commissioner in each county of Nevada
to use his own judgment in selecting the
names from his county and submit to
me, who will then be requested to send
their photos and from these l viii have
the two faces selected TO represent Ne
vada on the medal, by committee of
strangers in the Exposition manage
ment. | have apportioned the various
counties ON basis of the vote for Rep
resentatives in 1896, and shall ask the
following number OF photos from each
county: Churchill |, Douglass :, Elko
), Esmeralda 2, Eureka 2, Humboldt 4,
Lincoln 4, Lander 2, Lyon 3, Nye /,
Ormsby 4, Storey !, Washoe 8, White
Pine 2, making Al in all, which entire
number will be prominent in the Ne
yada exhibit at Omaha and in fine
frame. From this group the two faces
win be selected for the medals.
The Commissioner from each county
must have the names and fun number
he is entitled to, submitted TO me by
the 18th of February, unless impossible
to do so by that time, as the selection
must be made at Omaha by March lst. y
1t win be seen from the above that
White Pine is to have the choice of two
of her beautiful daughters, who, even
if they are not chosen to adorn the
medal, will at least have their photo
graphs framed and put on exhibition in
the Nevada exhibit at Omaha.
With the approval of County Com
missioner for the Exposition, Hon. Vim.
Burke of Schellbourne, we herewith
submit the question to popular vote, rs
is being done in other counties.
We publish herewith coupon, con-
tainihg blanks for the names of two
young ladies'. Cut 1t out, write dis
tinctly the names of the two prettiest
young ladies of your acquaintance in
the county and forward by return mail
to this office. Extra coupons can be
secured at this Office or from any post
Office in the county. Everybody vote,
men, women, and children over l6 yrs.
of age. All votes to be counted must
reach Ely not later than Thursday ey-
ening, February 10th, and the result
will be published in the News of Feb