The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-07-13
CONTEST
CLOSES
SATURDAY
Ballot Box is Placed in Bank
Vault. Contestants Busy on
Their Last Weeks Work.

Saturday night at o'clock the
Iynden Tribune subscription con-
test will close. All votes to be count
ed must be in the ballot box by that
time.
This morning l deposited the ballot
box in the Lynden State Bank for
safe keeping From now on all vot-
ing will have to be done there.
Saturday the Lynden State Bank
has consented to remain open in the
afternoon until 6 O'Clock, and in the
evening from until 8 O'Clock 10
accommodate those who cannot get in
to deposit their votes earlier in the
day.
Saturday evening at O'Clock the
contest will be declared closed and
be turned over by Banker Serrurler
to the judges who will Immediately
count the votes and announce the
winning candidates.
/ The Judges selected are E. Edison.
proprietor of the City Drug Store;
W. B. Wander Griend, cashier of the
Lynden State Bank and II. E. Stuart.
ofthe firm Beckes K Stuart.
From this morning the vote box
has been out of the Tribune's hands
and from now ON the Lynden State
Bank will vouch for its salty. Our
reason for placing it in the bank was
remark made this morning by
business man that any one who was
dishonest enough might easily break
into the Tribune office and tamper
l with the ballot box.
II Personally ! am Satisfied that every
i one of the Tribune candidates Is
above suspicion ptit too I can see
how some of them may, unbeknown
10 to themselves have partisans who
- might not scruple to resort TO some
II little trickery to help their iavorite
out. At any rate l will be on the
) can tamper with it, and the bank Is
instructed to turn it over to no one
y until o'clock Saturday night and
then only to the judges. When 1
placed it in Mr. Serruriei's keep
. ing he said:
- "As | understand it | am to not
III allow anyone to touch it except some
+! one from the Tribune office
Ny answer was:
You are TO alliw no one 20 be
alone with il. not even myself, under
any circumstances and Mr.. Ser
Is rurier gave me his assurance and the
. hanks that it would be safe.
| don't know who is going 20 WIN
ia the piano. | don't care who is go
iI ing to win it. This | will say now,
i that | am going to be sorry for Two
i or three who won't get it. There are
- a. least four of the candidates who
IN are deserving of winning the piano.
IL If the Tribune was rich 1t weuld
now. at the last moment, add two or
IA three first prizes so that all VINO are
- deserving would get paid. There are
Is four candidates who are in the rum
III ming for the Monarch piano. All of
Al the candidates are in the running for
other prizes.
- Elsewhere in an advertisement
print the standing of the candidates
as we have them up until Wednes'
IL
Vi correct. | don't know how man,
votes are being held back. j don
n know for sure that there are not som
VI votes in the ballot box that we hav'
Vi not counted. Whenever sub
IA scriber or a candidate has demand
~ ed them we have turned the ticket
uu over To them TO be voted when an
for whom they would. All the ticket
"u We have a record of are those tina
" we saw marked and placed in tn
Nv bsllot box. However / am willing
stake my reputation that the stand
ing as published is not far wrong {
the ballots in the box at that tim
One candidate has nearly 10000 vote
her friends say, saved up TO put
~ the box on the last day. Another
am told has over 10000. ! don't kno
that they have them. | know th'
that there are over 100,O votes TN
were not put in the box when The
were issued.
Ona mon iuunnad me this week al
bod one man Juiiipeu me '"iS wen a.
I'D told me that it was a rotten shan
org and absolutely unfair that, as he y
,Ioe it, Katie Harris is a school canti
a. ate