The San Francisco call., 1910-04-23
Vote FOR QUEEN
Of RAISIN DAY
BaIlOting Starts in Earnest With
1902 Votes Cast for
Eight Girls
Communications Received State
That Both Army and Navy
PatroniZe Industry
ISpscleI Dpealeh % The Cain

Special Dispatch 10 The CALI
FRESNO. April 22.-Balloting for a
carnival queen was started in earnest
today. something over 5000 votes being
cast Interest in this contest is keen
and the girls who are entered have al
ready begun 10 work hard for the
honor Of queen Of the Raisin day car
nivsL The vote at 6 o'clock tonight
was.
Lydia L. York. CSC AIethe Stafford w 395
Nyrtle Witham. zSoFanny Payne. ...... .;s25
Maxine Jones. -425 Mrs +. r. Churchill .;02
Charlotte Adams 400Grace Rickard- 255
This contest viii be brought TO a
close on the night of April p and IL is
expected that the winner will have sew
ersl thousand votes TO be declared
queen
BELL WILL ATTEND
Theodore A. Bell. democratic candi-
date for governor. has written a letter
10 the Raisin day committee announc-
ing that be viii be in Fresno on April
80 Alden Anderson is the only other
gubernatorial candidate who will be
mere. the others having made previous
enga gements, and sent their regrets to
the committee
Theodore Bells letter follows:
AR A. l. hobbs Chairman Raisin Day
Dear Sir: Your cordial Invitation of the
Nth inst 10 attend the Raisin day celebra-
uon al Fresno the 30th of this moath Is
hand J am glad 10 say that ! have other
engagement on that day that VIII Interfere
with my being in attendance. and I there
fore accept your kind Invitation with thanks.
Win best wishes Tor the SUCCESS of your
celebration and assuring you that I am in
hearty sympathy with its objects, beg 10
lIiEoDoRE A BELL
The Raisin DAY committee is also in
receipt Of a communication from Con-
Eressman Needham regarding the use
of raisins in the army and navy. In
closed I'm the communication are two
letters. one from the bureau OF supplies
and accounts. navy department, and
the other from the commissary gen
erals Office of the war department
SOLDIERS EAT RAISINS
The letter from Commissary General
Henry G. Shar pis as follows:
lntil last yesr saisins were oaiy supplied
and Alaska. but since that time they have
in addition been placed on the list OF arti-
rles 10 he kept on band Al all posts in the
nired states. Porto lico and Hawaii for
>aln 20 officers and enlisted men. Consid-
cradle quantities are i.eing used at present.
hut ID Is no, practicable to Increase tie
quantity consumed. ~ this depends upon
Tue desire of consumers. who purchase aud
pay for them. and Is n matter Of choice and
not subject 10 control
RATSINs STAPLE or NAVY
The letter from the navy depart
ment is as follows:
Raisins Il staple ~ the ration OF the
navy. having been carried for many years
in naval provision depots one OF the
standard articles ~ the dried fruit
ponent of the rations. Statistics collected
Tor S05 days ifrom April I. 1905. 10 Janu-
ary 81. i90S for Is hattleships during
their cruise around the world show that
nearly 20.0U0 pounds of raisius were
sumed by their crews.
As each vessel has its own bin OF fare.
there is way by which the department
can stimulate the or raisins. you
suggest. beyond keeping them. indicated
has been done, iu stock 10 meet the requi-
sition of ships.
The letter from the war department
is particularly gratifying TO the COM
mittee. because IL reveals TO the men,
hers that one Of the results Of the 1909
raisin day campaign was the placing Of
raisins in every United States army
post