The Lamar register., 1901-06-05
PLANS FOR THE
DENVER FESTIVAL

DENVER FESTIVAL
| The Board Of Direction of the Noun
| tain and J. in Festival has addressed
| the following letter To all the boards
| Of county commissioners in Colorado:
Gentlemen-rhe Board of Direction
| of the FESTIVAL of Mountain and Plain,
which will he held at Denver October
/, 2, y, 1901, desires to extend to your
| county a 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 De represented, arranged and
| placed in such artistic style and taste
rs the interested county itself may be
| pleased to adopt. The various dis
| plays Will be made under the super
| vision ana management of the proper
| bodies, such as 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,
lHSulc vast lllIbllS Ol NlSltOIS ~
| 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 it is also intended
that there shall be Queen of the Fes-
tival. Each county is respectfully in-
| vited to select Il 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 electinS 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 be 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 num-
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 highest
| number of votes east shall be declared
duly elected Maid of Honor for her
| county. Tile board of county commits
sloners of each and every county shall
act rs judges of election, and all mat
| ters connected with such election shall
be referred 10 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
mlssioners, Il certificate of election,
which must be filed with the Board of
Direction of the Festival of Mountain
and Plain not later than September
10, 1901. This certificate of election
will be honored by the Board of Di'
rection of the Festival without ques-
ton.
Each Maid of Honor will be pro,
vided by this board with Transports
tion to Denver and return from her
| 'b'
Festival of Mountain and Plain, that
is to say, from her arrival upon Mon
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. ID. Lewis, G. Il. Wilson
anu Il. T.. MacCracken.
| The Board of Direction sincerely
hopes and expects that each and ev'
cry county in the state will be repre-
sented in the exposition of resources
as well as by sending a Maid Of Hon
or. The exposition will be n grand sue
cess, and will demonstrate the great
wealth and future in store for Colo
RADIO. The self-interest of every coun
ty 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.