Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-26
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a udN DtlllHu lHt DdlluI DbA un'u
for the contest votes, reveals many
Incidents as interesting as the one
described above. Never a day passes
that the voters do not show the vital
interest in the question, MS to who
Is to comprise the party. that is to
visit Yosemite and California this
summer at the expense of the Is II J.
letin
Thursday HEAVY Vote Day.
The odd views and the methods OF
some of the voters verges on the hui
morous. One of the oddities that
there seems no explanation for is the
heavy vote east on Thursday. SO far
MS the contest manager knows there
Is no particular charm about acting
ON Thursday, but nevertheless there
Is never another day in the week
when the in-pour of votes equals that
of Thursday. So noticeable has this
become that members of the contest
department now refer to Thursday
as the squad day." for that is the
way the people interested In the con-
test vote on that day.
Regulars Are Daily Voters.
Then there are NUMBER of other
voters who cast their votes daily and
others still who collect paper votes
for week and bring them in on Sat
urday, so they will be deposited just
before the time limit expires.
The postponement of the count did
not AFFECT the voting methods Of the
regulars" in any manner. Even
though the count was put of for over
week the daily voters, or the reg
ulars," as they are called, come In
every day with their package oil
votes and drop them In the box
These regulars" are very careful
OF their votes and always do then
up in neat packages of even mum
bers.
Thought He Was Smothered tv Votes
While the contest man WIN iount'
the votes is getting few days leis
ure from the every-other-day count
on account of the postponement o.
the announcement of the score 1t does
not seem to help his nights rest. HI
Is authority for the state ment tina
he awoke the other night in 9trug
gle with his bed covering which hat
got wound around his head. He hat
been dreaming that he was beinl
smothered by votes and that bev!
OF contestants were Touring NOR
votes upon him from large baskets
BE his story true or moi, II Is certain
that some disposition of the ballot
In the box will have to be made befor,
next Saturday as the ballet box Il
almost full.
Votes Safely Stored.
After the ballot, are corLted the!
are tied up and placed in 100 hun
dred'pound paper bags and stored in I
safe place and held for the final coun
by the contest judges.
Premium Offer Popular,
The premium offer that went int
affect Monday morning and that is I,
be continued until the end OF thu
contest has proven a strong stimu
lus to many the contestants and the!
are trying hard to get in one or NOR
subscription clubs before the weel
ends. This offer is a standing on,
for subscription clubs of either tire,
new OF old subscriptions. A contin
uous club offer OF this kind, whicl
runs during the life OF the contest
As much more satisfactory than bill
vote offers for few days work. II
the hve weeks that remains OF tn
contest the contestants fe that the,
have an equal opportunity with thei
competitors to secure these clubs ant
--not have to depend on having tn,
good fortune to be able to take ad
vantage of short time offers. Tn