The Detroit times., 1909-03-31


Last evening at . o'clock The De-
troit Times Great Prize Contest, IN
which a $1,000 Buick tourabout. two
pianos. and number of European
and Bermuda tours were offered the
contestants who should receive the
greatest number o. votes. and which
has been such an interesting topic OF
discussion since the contest began
ten weeks ago came to final close
marked by a keenncss OF rivalry such
as seldom characteri2es a conflict oi
similar nature.
Precisely at 9 O'Clock all doors lead
ing into the Office cf The Times con
test department were locked. and no
contestant not in tbs office before that
time was permitted To enter to turn
IN any subscriptions. Early yesterday
morning the final subscriptions began
TO pour into the contest department
and so great was the the number OF
final subscriptions reported that the
services of a large number OF clerk
was required to receive them. Dur
ing the several hours Immediately pre-
ceding the hour set for the final clos
ing OF the contest the rush OF SUB
scriptions was especially heavy, and
the Office of the contest department
was crowded to its utmost capacity by
the different contestants awaiting their
turn TO hand in their final subscrip'
lions.
The work of verification OF sub
scriptions reported was pushed with
all possible haste, ant The Times is
able TO announce tina. the tabulation
IN the vote of the entire contest has
been completed in time to make pos
sible the announcement OF the wiz
ners In the last edition Of tcday's is
sue OF The Times. In the accompany
Ing list and standing, which tells tho
\ complete story OF the contest, 1t Will
be noted that Miss I.eonora Gilbert,
\ OF district s, is the winner of the first
grand prize, the Buick tourabout, and
one of the European tours, Mrs
Henry T. Watt, OF district D, the win
ner of the second grand prize. the
Merrill $3.50 piano anG one of the Eu-
ropean tours, and Miss Stella DAILY. oi
district 4. the winner OF the third
grand prize. the Kimball $325 piano
y and one OF the European tours. Miss
Gilbert led her nearest opponent. Mrs
Watt. by nearly $4,000 votes. while
Mrs. Watt In turn led her neares!
competitor, Miss Daily by nearly so.
n 900 votes.
This marks fitting close To one
OF the most interesting and holly con
ftested struggles OF friendly nature
4 ever attempted in this city. The bat
4 tie has been a spirited one throughout
4 and the various contestants have op
\ posed their competitors with all the
\ skill and energy possible to contend
4 ers in such a conflict The contest
! ants are deserving OF every congratu
4 lation, the winners upon their sue
4 cess and the other contestants on the
/ excellent showing they made. THAI
many of the contestants have beer
Fable TO secure better vote than then
opponents is due, not to any lack o
LOYAL friends on the part OF the latter
hut to the fact that these contestants
4 were unable to devote az mucn time
to the contest as were their mole sue
cessful opponents. II was work alone
4 that won.
The Times wishes ut this time to eX
/ tend its thanks to the various con
testants and all who supported the
/ contestants in so substantial a man
ner In their efforts to win the prizes
The purpose OF the contest was TO in
crease the circulation OF The Times
and with the addition of many thous
ends of new readers The Times feel.
that the contest has served In n mos
adequate manner the- purpose fol
which IL was intended.