The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-05
Miss Campbell Nominated for Most
Popular Indian Girl in the
State To Be Sent TO
Panama Exposition
MOTION PICTURE DEAL
UP TO c. GF. B. BOARD
Plan TO Show Chickasha to State
and at Exposition Appeals to
Directors Good Adver-
ing fer College

The two most popular young ladies'
of Oklahoma, one of pale face" and
one Of Indian descent, will dedicate
the Oklahoma building at the opening
Of the Panama-Pacific Exposition at
San Francisco in 1915, and will be the
guests at Frisco of the oklahoma-Pan-
anna Exposition commission for two
weeks with all expenses paid.
A voting contest to pick the two
most popular girls in the state has
been launched by the Oklahoma-Pana-
ma commission and it is already at
tracing much attention Believing
that Grady county should have the
honor Of furnishing the most popular
Indian girl, Mrs. II. B. Johnson of this
city has nominated Miss Ella Campbell
OF Minco as this county's contestant
and number Of Chickasha women
have decided that she shall be the
winner.
Miss Campbell is the daughter Of
c. B. Campbell, one Of the most promi-
nent citizens Of the county and on
both the maternal and paternal side
she is OF Indian descent. her ancestors
being pioneers in Indian Territory The
fact that the family is so widely
known. II is believed, viii add strength
to Miss campbel's candidacy Sew
eral young ladies in the eastern part
OF the state have been nominated but
Miss Campbell is the only contestant
in this section.
This contest is one Of the methods
adopted for raising funds for the cree
tion OF the Oklahoma building and
maintaining the state exhibit at the
exposition
Any contributor of five cents. or
more, shall have the privilege of cast
ing one vote for each five cents con-
tributed for any lady nominated. Any
form Of ballot expressing vote choice.
and accompanied by five cents for
each vote cast, will be counted. The
contest started September 90, 1913;
nominations close October Is, 1918,
and contest closes January 1, 1914. All
votes will be kept intact and counted
by impartial judges at the close Of the
contest.
A person who buys SIS brick to go
into the building is entitled to 100
votes and subscriptions made other.
wise secure votes on the same basis
A. r. Turner, secretary of the Okla.
homa commission. who met the direc-
tors Of the Commercial and Farm Blu.
reau and presented his motion picture
proposition this morning, stated that
subscriptions made for motion pictures
could be voted in the same manner as
other contributions. and when the pic
lures are shown in local theaters pur
chasers of tickets will have the privi
lege OF voting.
Mr.. Turner proposed ID make 75t
feet Of motion pictures in Chickasha
showing the same throughout the stat,
and every day at the exposition, at I
cost Of Sl.5O per foot 1t !.
figured that it viii be necessary t,
raise $3.50 by subscription, the re
mainder Of the amount being derived
from showing the pictures in Chicka
sha and in other towns in Grady coun
ty 1t was suggested that the VIC
! mems College should feature strongt
in the pictures and the opinion wa
expressed that the advertising whicl
this institution would derive fron
showing the pictures throughout tn
state would probably be worth all tn
pictures will cost.
The directors will meet again Fr
day morning al which time it is be
lieved a method of raising the none
can be worked out whereby it can b
\ accomplished Without imposing an
great burden OH anybody.
Henry Gosmeyer of st. Cloud, Minn
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