The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-20

arrangement proved more than salts
factory, as can be seen cy comparing
the city and the country districts, and
before week had passed-before the
/, first announcement of the votes
thousands of men women and children
in North Yakima and the surrounding
territory had entered into Friendly
rivalry. seeking votes for their fav-
orite.
Nip and tuck they fought for two
months, each vote adding to the inter-
est of the contest. AT no time from
the casting of the first ballot was it
possible to pick the winners, so close
: was the battle. From time TO time
many persons took que SIS at the pos
sibie winners, but the opinion was
hardly expressed before another big
batch of votes was recorded and their
choice was found among the lower
ones. Thus it went throughout tho
whole contest first one and then an
other forging ahead.
But it was just as the manager Of
the contest eXpected-the reserve of
the various candidates played the
most important part, and was the de-
cidirg factor in determining the wiu-
ners.
Everybody Satisfied.
That there should be no disanpoint-
ment, and that the efforts of the will
ling workers should not go unreward-
ed, even though their candidates did
not win the grand prize. the officials
of the contest divided the territory
into three districts and offered prizes
for nn,
This increased the interest in the con-
test and resulted in satisfaction for
everybody, which was the chief de-
sire of The Morning Herald.
Slowly at first the votes began to
come in, then increased gradually for
n while, until when the workers got
thoroughly warmed up they rolled in
in such numbers that the totals soon
amounted to enormous figures. The
friends of the contestants desired to
see them win, and insisted on making
the fact public by voting for them and
getting their friends to do likewise
and the smallest boy or girl was Just
as powerful as his elders in boosting
bis faVorite candidate More than one
man stole an hour or two from his
Office at intervals during the contest
to make a personal canvass for some
friend, and many a dinner dish was
left unwashed while the women of the
household went calling and incident
ally looking for votes
Winners Feel Proud.
The winners may well feel proud of
the fact that they have run one race
in thousand and have come out with
the deserving honor of having outru,,
and outclassed workers who have
themselves done exceedingly well and
would under ordinary conditions. have
had enough votes to win.
The honor attached to winning is
considered by some of the candidates
being worth many times the value
of the prize itself. Friends of the con-
testants have boosted them all along
the line, and nothing seemed too hard
for them to do where a subscription
was gotten and the votes given to the
favorite
There has been quite an army of
fair ladies who have made it their
special business during the past few
months to early and late exploit the
virtue of the paper. In the city and
in all directions throughout the coun-
try there have been many contestants
at all times during the day, afoot on
wheels or on horseback, hunting for
some one who looked as though he
did not take The Morning Herald,
1t may be stated right here that there
are but few that have that appear
ance now
The contestants have all done splen-
did work, and some have been more
successful than others: but this is due
largely TO the ability to hustle pos
sssed by the winninsg candidate.
All Could Not Win.
1t is a fact greatly TO be deplored