The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-01-10
ANNA kEIFER
WINS THE AUTO
FINAL COUNT GIVES
WINNER 9,5l6,76O
The automobile contest carried or


for the past six months by the Brown
w Company anu the lcaho Re-
publican, closed last Friday. Out OF
nearly two hundred contestants who
entered the race, only about fifty re
NAMED at the last, and only fe"
lad hopes of winning either of the
big prizes.
When the ballots were all sorted
and piled, it showed that Miss Anna
Powell, daughter of Mr.. G. A. Pow
ell had the largest pile of votes and
Miss Anna Kiefer, daughter of Mr.
Henry w. Kiefer was second in the
mere bulk of votes. AS the count
ing progressed it showed that Miss
Kiefer's voting coupons ran in high
er nominations than Miss Powell's
and the grand totals read, Kiefer, g.,
SIG, 760, Powell 9,373,985.
The total number of votes cast
was about thirty million, and the
difference between the two leading
contestants was only 142,725.
Both the leading ladies and their
managers conducted the contest care
fully and economically. They had
opportunity and many invitations to
buy votes, but it is our belief that
all such offers were declined, except
that offers were made conditionally
the condition being that the one TAX
ing the votes should win or not
make the payment. 1t was instituted
as friendly contest, inviting
friendly rivalry In the ordinary
transactions of business, and any de-
parture from those plans by one con-
testant would naturally have been
matched by another so that neither
candidate could have gained much
by the venture, and both would have
been involved in more expense which
would add to the disappointment Of
the one that lost or came second.
The public and the contestants rea-
lized that everybody could not win,
and those who failed to win did not
actually lose anything except the
energy used up in the course of the
game.
The contest was long and it gave
the contestants an acquaintance
with the public that it is not often
a young persons privilege to receive
TIE public has bestowed great
compliment upon Miss Kiefer in CIV
ing her the big prize, and perhaps a
greater compliment upon Miss Powell
because of the vast number of vot-
ing coupons of small denominations
deposited for her. 1t indicates an
interest on the part of so many peo-
ple, that they gave attention to every
little bunch of votes they could con-
troll.
It was often remarked that some
body with money would probably
step in the last hour and buy a
lot of goods or hundred years
subscription to the Republican for
each of several friends and thus
gain a plurality that would win the
car. but nothing of the kind hap
(, nor was it expected or en-
couraged by the promoters of the
contest. It was put on for the pur-
pose of drawing trade and for en-
lareing the circulation OF the paper,
,3and the best circulation for a news
paper is that which takes it to a
large number of people for the cur
rent year. The subscriptions were
/, wen a wide range for periods of
NAand two years, the longest ones
= len during the fall and winter
of the contest being two years
fch person, and no votes we're
Id except on business actually
acted in which the money was
L..
81 lowing is the final count:
rs, Mrs. Walter ...... 2O8,120
,8 yards, Vera .; 47.465