Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-02
THE CONTEST IS OVER.
lFrom Monday.s Herald l

big contest ceased and the ballots
were turned over to the committee
| chosen to make the count.
Chas. Ii. Schultz, cashier OF the La
Plata County bank; William Il. Dug.
gan. cashier of the Durango Trust com
pany. and Keith s. Rucker. bookkeeper
at the First National bank, comprised
the committee. who. with the assist
ance OF the adding machine furnished
for the occasion by the La Plata Coun-
ty bank, made the final canvas OF the
votes and awarded the prizes, and to
these gentlemen We want to express
our sincere thanks for their kindness
In acting as judges in the contest and
for their painstaking care to make
the count SO carefully right that no
mistake could possibly be made. the
gentlemen are all expert accountants
and were all on their mettle.
At 10 o'clock, after two hours OF
counting. checking and rechecking, the
judges announced to the crowd of wait.
ing contestants and their friends the
result of the canvas which was as
follows:
District Ono
Miss Grace Burnette, winner OF the
piano, had received 503.1S7 votes.
Mrs. Stella Cunha, winner OF the
diamond ring, had received 3G2,519
votes.
Miss Mabel Green, winner OF the
scholarship, had received 252,717 votes.
Miss Myrtle Broughton, winner OF
the gold watch. had received 202, ,434
votes.
District Two
Miss Florence Tovrea, winner OF the
piano. had received 31O.665 votes.
Miss Clara Zimmerman, winner OF
the diamond ring. had received 296, $40
votes.
Miss Lulu Taylor. winner OF the
scholarship, had received 236, ,462 votes.
Miss Mamie Stewart. winner OF the
gold watch, had received l99,628 Votes.
In addition to these main prizes
there were four prizes, two In each
district, consisting of four thirty-one
piece china tea sets. offered during
the week ending Feb. Is to the four
contestants who secured the great
est number of months of subscription.
There prizes were won by Mrs. Cunha
and Miss Burnette in District One, and
by Miss Tovrea and Miss Lulu Taylor
in District Two.
In addition to these prizes there
we're set of ten consolation prizes
offered by the Durango Music COM
pany. the firm from whom we pur-
chased the two fine pianos offered as
the capital prizes. in the way Of Plano
certificates OF value OF $50 each.
These prizes go to Miss Madeline
Eder, Miss Olga Schaaf. Mrs. Anna
Robbins, Miss Ethel Swift and Miss
Jennie Burke In District One, and by
Miss Reta Roberts, Miss Allie Barnes
Miss Dorothy Brown, Miss Sylvia Par
gin and Miss Eva Griffith, In District
Two.
The Capitol Contest company. OF
which company Mr.. Scarboro is the
president and who personally conduct
ed The Herald contest. offered, at the
beginning of the contest, prize OF
$40 In gold to the party nominating
the winners Of the capital prize In each
district. these prizes were won by
Benj f. Hight who placed Miss Bur
nette in nomination, and by Fritz
Brockenauer OF oxford, who nominated
Miss Tovrea.
In conclusion we want TO say that
we feel entirely satisfied with the con-
Duct, and the results. OF the contest.
We rejoice with the winners and sym
pathize with those who were less for
tunate. We are indeed sorry that the
newspaper business is not sufficiently
remunerative that we could afford to
give fine piano, or even q ring or
watch, to each and every one OF the
contestants who went out and worked
In the contest, but as that Is impossi-
BILE we have done the best we could
and that was to see that each con
testant had an absolutely fair deal and
that every manner Of assistance posi-
BILE was given to each one impartialIy.
The large number OF votes cast Will
prove to the reader that much good
and earnest work was done by those
participating In the contest, the re-
suit has been to give The Herald the
largest circulation enjoyed by any pub.
lication In the southwest country and
the class OF patrons are such that The
Herald is greatly to be congratulated
upon their acquisition and we shall en-
deavor to show our appreciation OF
that patronage by making The Herald
80 good paper that they will never
regret having become one of the read
ers. and patrons OF the paper. So far
as any financial gain to us II con
cerned we are glad to say there has
been none, we did not put on the
contest AS a money-making scheme, 1t
is the added circulation, the wider ac-
Quaitance with the readers OF the coun-
trv that wa wantad and the cnntest