Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-22
MAIDS OF HONOR.
Provisions for Them Made by Directors Of
Festival of Mountain and rlnin.

Festival of Mountain and pIain.
Denver, June 1.-THE directors OF
the Festival OF Mountain and Plain
have sent out to the county commits
sloners of Colorado the following cir
cular:
The board OF direction OF the Fsa-
tival of Mountain and Plain. which will
be held at Denver, September % to 30,
1899. desires 10 extend TO your county
cordial invitation TO be represented
therein. II is the Intention 10 hold
throughout the entire FESTIVAL week II
State Fair and Exposition, the main
features of which will be n public cN-
hibition OF the special resources. manu-
factures, products, etc. of each ana
every county of the state, arranged
and placed In such artistic style and
taste as the Interested county itself
may be pleased TO adopt. The various
displays will be under tnc supervision
and management of the proper bodies,
such as the State Board of Agriculture,
the State Board of Horticulture, etc.
The board of direction of the Festival
Is very deslrous that your county shall
be represented in the exposition, and
respectfully requests your honorable
board TO undertake the matter. Low
rates on all railway lines extending to
the Missouri river, insures vast
throng of visitors to view II display or
the resources of Colorado. The great
advantage of placing an exhibit of the
products and resources of your county
before these throngs of people Will be
manifest to you.
In view of the above prcdominatinG
features of the week 1t is also intended
that there shall be n queen of the Fes-
tival to reign throughout the entire
event. Each county is respectfully in
vited to select maid of honor to at
tend upon the queen. In discussing
this subject the board of direction has
decided that in order to avoid any con-
fusion 1t Is proper that the manner OF
clecting such maids of honor should
be laid down in detail by this board.
so that all counties may elect under
the same rules or regulations. There
fore. our board has adopted the fol-
lowing plan:
There shall be elected in each county
of the state of Colorado one maid Of
honor to attend upon the Queen of the
Festival of Mountain and Plain during
the Festival of 1899.
The manner of voting for said maid
of honor shall be by newspaper ballot.
Said ballot must he clipped from Il reg
ularly issued newspaper. published
anywhere within the limits of the
county. provided that bur one such
ballot shall be printed In or upon each
individual paper. Ballots printed in
sheets or columns or ballots, or in
greater numbers than one in each pa
per shall be void. Any person. of any
age. may east as many ballots as pleas.
urc may dictate.
The lady receiving the highest NUN.
ber of votes cast shall he declared duly
elected maid of honor from her county.
The Board of County Commissioners
of each and every county shall act rs
judges of election. and all matters con-
nected with such election shall be re-
ferrcd to them for final arbitration and
decision. The county clerk of each
county shall issue in accord with the
decision of the Board of County Com
missioners n certificate Of election 10
the winning candidate. which must be
filed with the Board Of Direction of
the Festival of Mountain and Plain.
not later than September 10. 1890. This
certificate of election will be honOred
by tine Board of Direction of the Fes-
tival without question.
Each maid of honor will be provided
by this board with transportation to
Denver and return from her nearest
railway station. During the Festival
of Mountain and Plain. that IS to say
from her arrival upon Monday until
her departure on Friday morning, her
hotel expenses in the city will be fur
nished. Each maid of honor will be
expected to come provided with white
dress and white parasol.
The Board of Direction sincerely
hopes and expects that each and cv-
cry county in the state will be repre-
sented in the exposition of resources.
as well as by sending maid of honor.
The exposition will be grand success,
and will demonstrate the great wealth
and future in store for Colorado. The
self-nterest of every county demands
that it be represented. An early reply
from your honorable body will be high
ly appreciated. Very respectfully,
WM. n. BYERS. President.
JNO. J. MCNAMARA, Secretary.