The Grit-advocate., 1901-06-07
PLANS FOR THE
DENVER FESTIVAL

tain and Plain Festival has addressed
| the following letter to all the boards
I ol county commissioners in Colorado:
Gentlemen-The Board of Direction
of the Festival of Mountain and Plain
Which will be held ut Denver October
| !. :, ), 1901, desires to extend to your
county IL cordial invitation to be rep,
resented therein. 1t is the intention
to hold throughout the Festival an eX-
position Of the special resources, man
ufhctures, products, etc, Of-each and
| every county of the state which may
elect to be represented. arranged and
placed in such artistic style and taste
as the interested county itself may be
pleased to adopt. The various dis
plays will be made under the super
vision and management of the proper
bodies, such rs the State Board Of Ag-
riculture, etc. The Board of Direction
of the Festival is very desirous that
your county shall be represented in
the exposition and respectfully re
quests your honorable board to un-
dertake the matter. Low rates on all
railway lines extending to the lakes,
insure a vast thrOng of visitors to
view a display of the resources of Col
orado. The great advantage of plac-
ing an exhibit of the products and re-
sources tf your county before these
throngs of people will he manifest to
you.
III view of the above predOminating
feature of the week it Is also intended
that there shall be IL Queen of the Fes-
tival. Each county is respectfully in
vited to select Maid Of Honor to at
tend the Queen. In discussing this
subject the Board of Direction has
decided that in order to avoid any
confusion it is proper that the manner
of electing 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.
Therefore our board has adopted the
following 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 1901. The man
ner of voting for said Maid Of Honor
shall he by newspaper ballot. Said
ballot must be clipped from regu-
larly issued newspaper published any
where within the limits of the county,
provided that but one such ballot shall
be printed in or upon each individual
paper. Ballots printed in sheets or
columns of ballots, or in greater mum
bers than one in each paper shall be
VOID. Any person of any age may cast
as many ballots as pleasure may die
tate. The lady receiving the highes,
number of votes cast shall be declared
duly elected Maid of Honor for her
county. The board of county commits
sioners of each and every county shall
act as judges of election. and all mat
tiers connected with such election shall
be referred to them for final arbitra-
ton and decision The county clerk of
each county shall issue to the win
ming candidate, in accordance with the
decision of the board of county COM
miSSioncrs, Il certificate of election,
which must be filed with the Board of
Direction of the Festival of Mountain
ana Plain not later than September
10, 1901. This certificate of election
will be honoTed by the Board of Di-
rcction of the Festival without qucs-
ton.
Each Maid of Honor will be pro
vided by this board with transport:l-
tlon to Denver and return from her
nearest railway station. During the
festlval OF Mountain and Plain, that
ls 10 say. from her arrival upon Mon
DAY until her departure on Friday
morning. her hotel expenses in the city
VIII be furnished. Each Maid of Hon
or Will be expected to include in her
wardrobe white dress and white par
asol