Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-12-20

Casting 3,l30 votes and winning the rsmium vote of 10000, Miss Mildred Isis holds first position this morning a majority over Miss Armstrong ,bo i, in second position, by more than aOOO. Miss Voris was the only can siste reporting last night with club 4 twenty yearly subscribers. There n, large scattering vote cast for as little lady on the side. Miss Voris exceeded in scoring 446 new subscrip- Sn points.
 The light vote of the other candidates p. night will prove something of dis. rcointmeut to their friends. It had ssu hoped that the contestants would l come through for approximately asr full strength, SO that supporters rgbt form some intelligent idea of lr mayn votes their respective favor es were going to need at the close. rs young ladies have received liberal spport from outside sources, and their sckers felt as if they were entitled to how where they stand. But maybe B. young ladies know their business ni will come out all right at the fin A It is known that a number of the a,didates are withholding votes equiv isrt to 100000 each, and one candidate s said, has l50,000 in reserve.
 The race is now to the wire. Wednes- by night at exactly l2 o'clock the e. will close and the ballot box pass sWer to the judges for the final count. fs awards will be announced in the Ever Belt of December 25 and on ns same day the presents will be de- rred The standing of the csndi- siss will be announced in Tuesday ,rning's paper, again on Wednesday Nning, and at 4 o clock on Wednes- V afternoon a bulletin will be posted front of the Silver Belt office show cg the standing of the candidates at si. hour. After the posting of this EIetin no further information will be snn regarding the standing of the a,iidates, and their friends will be sapelled to go it blind after I o clock 'dnesday afternoon. During the seing hours of the contest, regularly aie out subscription voting coupons fst accompany all moneys. The ob- st of this contest is to secure new xbsefbers, and new subscribers must me along with the money at the close. favorites will be played and all of F contestants, as in the past, will re- sre perfectly square deal.
 The contestants are anxious for one o'e trial at the twenty oneyear clubs. De Silver Belt in complying with this Falar demand, will accept clubs of is kind up to Tuesday night at 8 clock. On Wednesday and until the asing of the polls nothing but the raight published vote will go. To the niestants who secure twenty oneyear tS~rptions-old or new-between ' and O clock Tuesday night, 50000 'es will be given.
 The vote yesterday would indicate ai at present there are eight active 'hle'tants in the controversy. Their Anes are printed in black type at the ed of this story. There may be oth- rho will strive for the prizes, but 'e in the black letter list this morn z were the only ones receiving sup VI yesterday.
 To those not posted, the race this
 ming would appear to be rather one ia. Not so, however. One young " down the column has sufficient "'s to place her in the lead. Another D'hg lady has the assurance of 100000 "s-in fact, has them now, and one 'Ho others have from 50,000 to 75,- votes. The candidates should not over confident. You can t tell what sh happen at the last minute. I'm we every minute and add as many Fs as possible to your totals. The
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 newspaper in the southwest, and { Y are well worth making a hard 'nggle for.