Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-10


Indicative of the interest being dis
played in The Herald's $4,000 Voting
Contest which closes at 10 p. M,
Thursday, June 80, is the action by
Ocean Park, Venice and Santa Mon
lea. These three famous sea shore
cities have banded together in the
support of Miss Hazel B. Webster,
candidate in the contest.
CONCENTRATION DESIRED
The time has come for concentrated
action upon the part of communities,
clubs and all other organizations ana
bodies represented to push their IA
vorite's candidacy to the utmost. Past
affairs point out steps for the future
The city which wishes to establish
record for doing things" will do well
to emulate the Santa Monica bay re-
gion. The benefits to be received from
coming out victorious cannot be mea-
sured in dollars and cents.
DISTRICTS IN COMPARISON
Thousands of people are watching
this contest. Some have a friend tax
ing part; others have become interest
ed as spectators only. Throughout, 1t
has been keen competition among
clever people. Various cities have
held the lead at different times. Los
Angeles occupied first place until Pasa-
dena wrested the honor away. A sec
ond time Los Angeles reached the top
but the suburban territory got ahead
this time. Then Bakersfield took the
lead and still holds it, with Ocean
Park, Venice and Santa Monica get
ting ready to "have and hold" first
place.
LARGE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED
This seesawing has aroused excite
ment and the air is full of questions
as to what will happen next, who will
be the next leader of all. Every can
didate is, of course, anxious to secure
the $500 home and many are repre-
senting large organizations and associ-
ations dasiriou5 of getting this mag
nificent prize. Then again, there are
individuals who are determined to get
The Herald's home. The prize is for
the man, woman or child who casts the
greatest number of votes; The Herald
has, and can have, no favorttes 1t
goes for votes, so the candidate, wheth-
er representing a city, a club, organ1-
zation or himself, who campaigns the
hardest and makes his or her total the
largest will get the home.
NUMEROUS PRIZES
This is not the only award, however.
There is a $33S0 Knox tourabout-one
of the finest cars made and beauty
in every respect. This goes to the
candidate casting the second greatest
number of votes. Other prizes in the
list are a double trip through the
Orient. to be made on the Chiyo Maru
of the T. K. K, Oriental Steamship
company (value S7S750); $3.50 Linde-
man grand piano, $500 mahogany din
ing room set on exhibition at Mackie-
| $500 double trip to Honolulu and re-
count in the Oil and Metals bank, a
| 5000 double trip to Honolulu and re-
turn on the Matson Navigation COM
pany's steamship Wilhemina, $26t
, double trip to Skagway, Alaska, and
return, on the President or Governor
Of the Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany, to Seattle and return, and on
the Cottage City or City of Seattle
from Seattle to Skagway and return;
double trip to the far northwest via
the North Pacific and Alaska Pacific
Steamship companies, $3.50 double
trip to Honolulu and return via the
Oceanic Steamship company, $3.50
Columbia graphophone and $220 dou-
BILE trip to Mexico City and return via
the National Railways of Mexico.
BATTLE TO THE SWIFT
Many of these prizes will go for
ridicuously small totals unless either
present leaders realize very shortly the
necessity for using every moment be-
tween now and the close of the con-
test Tomorrow's issue will show just
what total Is leading for each and
every prize and, further, what every
total represents under the present vote
schedule reduction of five votes
per dollar in new subscription pay
ments and ten votes per dollar in old
subscription payments will occur to-
morrow evening so all business pos
sible should be turned into the con-
test department or mailed before 1C
O'Clock tomorrow evening. Every vote
counts now so the more done before