The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-01-13
CONTEST VOTE
ALMOST DOUBLES
YOUNG LADIES BUSY IN BOTH
DISTRICTS.
THERE'S BUT TEN DAYS LEFT
BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE ON
SATURDAY, JANUARY %.

Only ten days more before the big
piano contest being conducted by the
Register will come to a close the last
day being Saturday, January %. That
the contestants in both districts real
ize the time is short is shown by the
remarkable increase in nearly every
one of the young ladies' vote during
the past week. With only rine days
of actual working time left each and
every one of the young ladies in both
districts must put in the hardest kind
of work. To the successful ones
will go the reward of victory-a fine
$400 piano and in addition the honor
of being known as the most popular
young lady in her district
In District No. 1 Miss Nina Wood
still clings to the lead, although sew
eral other young ladies are closely
following her. Alma Glindeman has
moved up to a second place, supplant-
ing Louise Magistad who IS close be-
hind in third place. Mary Boyd is
still in fourth place, although she has
increased her vote nearly thirty thous
and. Minnie Winters just about doub-
led her vote over last week and this
fine bit If work put her up in fifth
place, close to the leaders and in an
excellent position to make the rest of
the contestant hustle clear to the fin
ish. Pearl Tyson and Ellen Biggar
each have over one hundred thousand
votes and will have to be reckoned
with before the piano is disposed of.
The remaining young ladies in the
race are closely punched and anyone
of them has an excellent chance to
win. In contests of this kind very Of
ten the one at the bottom the last
week comes up with rush and wins
out, and this might happen here.
The most prominent feature of the
race in District No. 2 this week was
the big jump In the vote of Miss Mae
T. Johnson, one Of the most popular
young ladies of Sterling township.
Last week Miss Johnson was down in
ninth place with vote of about eight
cen thousand, but her many friends
rallied to her support this week and
now she heads the list with total Of
over eighty thousand. Evidently the
people of Sterling are standing back
of their candidate and propose to see
her win if such a result is possible.
Another remarkable feature of the
contest in this district is that every
one of the young ladies doubled, and
some trebled, their vote during the
past week This shows that the girls
in the country are waking up and get
ting in the game with a vim. The cold
weather and deep snow during the
past month has hindered them greatly,
but now they are getting to work and
accomplishing results, no matter what
the obstacles.
Miss Ethel Garfield last weeks
leader, is in second place, but two hun
dred votes behind Miss Johnson, which
is remarkably close, considering the
large vote. Madge Wilson, Emma
Trygstad and Lucy Valentine are near
the two leaders, and they in turn are
closely followed by the remaining sew
en- contestants.
AS we announced last week, the bal
lot box was this week taken to the
Bank of Brookings, where it will re-
main until the close Of the contest.
The second Langdon piano arrived
from the factory this week to be in
readiness for the young lady who wins
it next week. The one now on exhib-
ition at Kelly's music store had re-
ceived a great many compliments from
people who are competent to Judge
Following is the vote:
District No. I.
Nina wood .................. .l3O,bOO
Alma Glindeman ............. 1888
Louise Magistad .112,000
Mary Boyd ..................1 .107 800
Minnie Winters .105. 400
Pearl Tyson .102, 500
Ellen Biggar ................1O .1O2, 800