Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05
CONTEST IN
THE WARDS.
Y. N. NJ, |. A, Orators Compete
Tomorrow Night
DISTRICT CONTESTS MAY %.
"Descret Novs'' OGrrs Gold Medal 20
winner In FINAL Contest at jane
Conference of the NouAg uen'

Tomorrow night throughout the Salt
Lake Stake the FIRST steps viii be taken
IN the 0IatOfical contest naugutaled
by the authorities Of the ~ NJ ~. !. a.
A great deal Of Interest Is being felt IN
the Mutual improvement Associations.
While all the wards DO not participate.
most vi them have done 50, the entries
being as follows, the list being taken
from the Mutual Messenger.
First Ward-Fred s. Musser John
vs.. White and I'D, PROXY. No contest
IN the second ward.
Third Ward-Elijah Weller and Ha-
zen Eardley. No contest In Fourth
ward
Fifth Ward-L G. Goagland, ID. c..
Rushton. Foster ~ Jones. A. J. Self,
G.. II. Carlqulst and Andrew Parrott
Sixth Ward-W. A. Wetzell, the only
contestant.
Seventh Ward-George Bowles and
George h. Scott
Eighth Ward-No contestants No
contestants in Ninth ward.
Tenth Ward-W. j. Sloan, ID. ii.
Saunders and William Parkinson
Eleventh Ward-W. Il. Tuckett and
A A. Ramseyer
Twelfth Ward-No contest.
Thirteenth Ward.-John c. Howard,
Alma Taylor, Allan Howard and Chas.
Peterson
Fourteenth Ward-N0 contest.
Fifteenth Ward-Samuel Russell Carl
A Badger and John r. Morris.
sixteenth W8rd-J. h. Openshaw,
Joshua Selley, Walter Wright, Albert
Elggren, and John S. Perkins.
Seventeenth Warl-Elias s. Wood
run, Malcolm McAllister and Mark
Brown.
Eighteenth ward-No contest.
Nineteenth Ward-Eugene b. Lewis,
/. j. King. A. Il. Carr aud selden l.
ClawsOn.
Twentieth ward-A. c. swenson, ~
Y Schoheld and Clarence Neslen.
Twenty-hrst Ward-No contest
Twenty-second Ward-JOseph Ander-
son C. 5, Booth. w. II Evans
TWenty-third Ward-No contest
Twenty fourth Ward Henry h. FL
der Daniel /. Elton. Thomas j H0wells
and John E. Cottam.
Brighton Ward-No contest.
Center Ward-No contest.
Cannon Ward-E. N. Dayey, Robert
w. Smith. Thomas Gold.
Pleasant Green-No contest
The various ward associations have
been arranged in districts for speech
contests as follows
No. list 2nd, Bird 10TH 9th.
No. 18th 22nd, i1th 18TH 23rd, Cen
ter.
No. S-2oth. 2lst nth. 18th. 18th. 18th
No. 4--Cannon, 5th, 9Th, 4th, Pleasant
Green
No. 5-7th, sth, iIth. 18th, oath, Brigh-
ton
The district contests viii take place
May o.
In each district an aid has been APP
pointed as chairman. who will cooper
ate With the presidents In arranging the
district contest. The following are
chairmen Of the districts named. No
/. Jed. F. Woollev. No. 2. Geo. $. Nc
Allister: No. 3, r. A. Clawson: No. T.
ID. J. Lang. No. 8 Carl Badger
The final contest VIII occur some
time durln gthe general conference OF
the Mutual Improvement Association in
June.
The Deserct News has given an or
der for a handsome gold medal 20 be
presented 10 the orator who finally
wins In the contest The medal will
be Of solid IL karat gold, heavy, finely
engraved and finished and Is now be-
ing made by the j II Leyson company.
It's dimensions viii be 2lAXlA inches.
end upon the diverse side will appear
the following inscription.
For excellence in oratory, 7. N. NJ.
l. A.. 1900"