CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-03-28
OVER Sixty THOUSAND CAST.
The Vote In Tho Records Popular
Teachers Contest Piling Up
Rapidly.


compliment on its generosity and
enterprise in getting up this popular
teachers contest. We propose to
give two of our teachers . mighty
pleasant trip to Salt Lake City for
ten days or two weeks during the
summer. The RECORD will furnish
the railroad tickets from Canon City
to Salt Lake City and return. The
tickets will be good going over the
narrow gauge from Salida which
takes you over that grandest of
mountain rides in America. Marshall
Pass, through the Black Canon of the
Gunnison to Grand Junction and then
over the Rio Grande Western through
Utah to Salt Lake City. Returning
the fortunate tourists will probably
remain on the main road from Grapd
Junction east, passing Glenw6od
Springs, the mount of the Holy Cross,
the Cahons of the Grand and Eagle
rivers, Leadville, Buena Vista and
back into the valley of the Arkansas.
The RECORD will also pay the hotel
bill for week or ten days at The
Kenyan, Salt Lake Citys, Palatial
Hostelry, the Brown Palace of Utah.
1t will be magnificent trip. If
those who are fortunate enough tn
enjoy it, have friends along the line
or desires to stop at any place for
long or short time on their own ac-
count the RECORD will take pleasure
in arranging such stop over privileges
and extending any other courtesies
within our power. If it should hap
pen that the winning teachers have
wives, husbands, or other relatives
whom they desire to accompany them
as travelling companions we will use
our influence to get them the best |
rates obtainable on railroads and at |
hotels. We want to do every thing |
We can to make these two weeks the
best two weeks of vacation these two
lucky teachers have ever had.
The votes are beginning to come
in pretty lively. Certain ballots were
planned to be void if not voted by
March 3lst. Some have suggested |
that the time for these were rather
short. As many of these belong to
people at great distance, away off |
in New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin
and California, we realize that it is
for some to get them voted
in time. So as it is eminently fair
to all we have decided to take all |
limit off of ballots and every coupon
or certificate of vote is votable at
any time during the contest. The
contest will close shortly before
school is out. Ample notice of the
exact date will be given.
Two destinct policies are being
shown by friends of contestants.
Some believe in pushing their can
didates far ahead SO far that no 9TH
ers are at all close. Others are car
rying their votes preparing for a |
little later. While it is
perfectly proper for all to carry on
their campaign in the way they think
best. We believe those who force
the game are as a rule the best
players. 1t is known that some of
those whose names appear quite
ways down in the list have good
punches of votes being held for them
and any one of a half dozen could
force their names to the top any day
with but little effort.
The RECORD wants to impress the
character of this contest upon its
readers. 1t is not a money making
affair. We do not want anybody to
buy an extra copy of the RECORD on
account of it. We will make no
large runs of extra copies for any
body. The close of the contest will
probably show that the total vote
from coupons clipped from the