The chronicle=news., 1913-01-20
Most Successful Held Southern Colorado Names Of
Winners Appear Blow.
Capital Prize Winner Polls Nearly Million Votes
Means Enormous Circulation of the ComeNews Of
InehmabL Value Advertisers. Contest Conducted by Northeastern
Circulation Company, Of Davenport Iowa

,innd outside districts. and before "a
week had passed. before the first an
uou uuccIl,nt OF tho votes. thousands
OF mcu. women aud children In Trini-
dad and throughout Southern Colo
rado and Northern New Mexico had
entered Into friendly rivalry. seeking
votes for their favori,cs.
Nip aud tuck they fought for over
two months. each vote adding TO the
interest In the contest. At no time
from the casting OF the first ballot
wns 1t possible TO pick the winners.
50 close was the battle. From time
TO ,Ino many persons essaycd to pick
the winncrs. but the opinion was
hardy expressed before another bi.
batch OF votes were recorded and the
choice Of this particular person was
found among the lower ones. Thus
Il went throu :hUnt tho whole con-
test. first one and then another forg-
Ing ahead.
but II was lust ux expected. the
reserve votes OF the various candi-
dates played the most important part.
aud were the deciding factors In de-
tcrmining the winners.
Everybody Satisfied.
| That there should be do dIsap-
poinimcnt. and that the Efforts OF
tho willing workers should not 70
unrcwnrdcd. even though their can
d!datcs did not win the Capital Prize.
tho contest officials divided the terri
tor: Into four districts and offered
equal prizes In each for the mos;
popular and energetic young women
In each. This proved the big feature
OF tho contest aud resulted In satis-
faction for everybody. which was the
'chIcf desire Of Tho Oh -NcwA
i Slowly Mt first the votes began to
come In. then increased gradually for
awhile. until. when the workers got
Thoroughly warmed up. they rolled In
In such numbers that the totals soon
amounted to enormous figures. The
friends, OF tho contestants desired TO
see them win. and insisted upon max
ing the fact public by voting for
them and getting their friends to do
likewise. and the smallest boy or girl
was just as powerful Ms his or her
elders in boosting fGyoritc candi-
dHics. More than one man stole an
hour or 70 from his office ut inter-
walls To make u personal canvass for
some friend. and many dinner dish
was left uuwashcd while the lady OF
the house went calling and incidcn-
tally looking for votes.
Winners Feel Proud.
The winners may we'll feel proud
OF tn, fact that they have run one
race In u thousand and have COME
out with the deserved honor OF hav-
ing outrun and outclasscd workers
who have themselves done exceeding
ly well. and would have. under or
dinary circumstances, have enough
votes to win.
The honor attached to the winning
Is considered by some Of the candi-
ldatcs as being worth us much as the
value of their prizes. however valu-
able. Friends Of the contestants
have boosted them all ulong the line.
and nothing seemed too hard for
them to do where Il subscription was
to be secured and the votes given to
their favOrites.
There has been quite an army Of
fair ladies' who have made 1t their
special business during the past two
months to early and late exploit the
virtues Of The Chronicle News. And
that tbc;' have preached gospel truth
I fu fAs1t tn, 1.x nj, IN Inn
In the city and In all directions
! throughout the outside territory
thcro have been muny contestants
hustling ut all times for someone
who did not take this paper. und 1t
may be stated right here that there
are very few people throughout
Trinidad aud Southern Colorado who
do not now take The Chronlcle-Scws.
Tho contestants have all done
splcndiI work and some have been
more successful than others. but this
Is due lurgcly to the ability to hustle
possessed by the winning candidates.
The Benefits of the Contest.
Every candidate, whether She cares
to fight the battle OF ballots or not.
Is better able TO fight the battle of
life today than she was when she en-
tered tho contest. Though she may
feel the disappointment kccnly. she
must realize that facing the world t.
not uow nearly 80 Formidable y
propostlon as 1t was a few week. :
ago. Those who nre successful arc
dct,ring OF the greatest praise and
congratulations. Tl,,1 have GltiNch
hard and what they have achieved