The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-06-08
PLANS FOR THE
DENVER FESTIVAL

tain and Plain Festival has addressed
the following letter to all the boards
Of county commissioners In Colorado:
Gentlemen-The Board Of Direction
of the Festival Of Mountain and Plain.
which will be held at Denver October
/, 2, 3, 1901, desires to extend to your
county cordial Invitation to be rep
resented therein. 1t is the intention
to hold throughout the Festival an ex-
position Of the special resources, man
ufactures, 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 as the State Board Of Az
rIculture, etc. The Board Of Direction
of the Festival is very DESTROYS 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
Insure vast thrOng Of visitors to
view display of the resources Of Col
orado. The great advantage Of plac.
ing an exhibit of the products and re-
sources Of your county before these
throngs Of people will be manifest to
YOU,
In view Of the above predominating
feature of the week 1t is also intended
that there shall be n Queen of the Fes-
tivaL Each county is respectfully In
vited to select Maid of Honor 70 at
tend the Queen. In discussing this
subject the Board Of Direction has
decided that In order TO avoid any
confusion 1t Is proper that the manner
OF electing such Maids Of Honor
should be laid down In detail by this
board, 20 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 he clipped from regu-
larry issued newspaper published my
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 num-
bers than one in each paper shall be
void. Any person of any age may cast
az many ballots as pleasure may die
tate. The lady receiving the highest
number Of votes cast shall be declared
duly elected Maid of Honor for her
county. The board of county commits
si0ners 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 e county COM
mja1aeners, = Certificate Of election,
whtcA must be filed with tho beard Of
Dirsction Of the Festival. Of Nodntain
and PlAin not iAaer than geptsmber
Is, 1901. This certificate Of election
viii be hon0red by the Board Of d.
rectiOn Of the Festival without Quss-
tion.
Each Maid Of Honor will be pro-
| vided by this board with Transports
tiOn to Denver and return from her
nearest railway station. During the
Festival of Mountain and Plain, that
! ID 10 say, from nef ARRIVAL upon Moi
day until her departure on Friday
morning, her hotel expenses In the city
will be furnished. Each Maid Of Hon.
or will be expected to include In her
wardrobe white dress and white par
| asol.
The Queens committee Is composed
Of Messrs. A. D. Lewis, G. +. Wilson
and Il. Il. MacCracken.
The Board of Direction sincerely
hopes and expects that each and ey-
| cry county in the state will be repre-
scented in the exposition of resources,
As well as by sending Maid OF Hon
or. The exposition will be a grand sue
cess, and will demonstrate the great
wealth and future In store for Colo
RADIO. The self-interest Of every coun-
~ demands that 1t be represented.
An early reply from your honorable
body will be highly appreciated. Very
respectfully,
CHAs. II. REYNOLDS, President.
JNO. MCNAMARA, Secretary.
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