Arizona republican., 1913-05-17
Special notice to candidates.

Special notice to candidates
 Every subscription turned in today will be. investigated, as has been done in the past, and all votes se-
 cured on old subscriptions turned in as new will be cancelled. This is a sufficient warning to every candi- date.
 The last chance. The last day of ballOting!
 Tonight at 10 o'clock the polls will close in the big circulation campaign | of The Republican, the greatest news paper campaign ever held in Arizona. Promptly at the hour of ten the doors of the contest office will be | locked and no more will be admitted to the office. All those in the office at this time, however, will be given an opportunity to transact their busi- ness, but bear in mind, none will be admitted after 10 o'clock
 But the last chance is always the 1 best. One supreme, final effort to- day may win you the prize which you have been working for, and have set your heart upon securing. The friends who have responded with support before can hardly refuse at the moment when a little helping may mean victory.
 Necessity of Being Early Too much stress cannot be laid upon the necessity of getting your subscriptions in as early as possible. for every moment will be taken up with some candidate and her friends Get your subscriptions in as early as possible. and you will be sure of their being placed to your credit. and eli few more Nothing can be gained by holding off until the last moment. and you risk the chance of their not
 reaching us in time by delaying. Absolute secrecy will be maintained in regard to what each contestant
 has turned in, as has been done in
 the past. The contest department is
 completely equipped with a force suf-
 ficient to take care of the rush of business.
 Announcement of Winners
 The final count. which will deter
 mine the winners. will take place Monday evening, starting at o'clock, in the business office of The Re publican. This count will be in
 charge of Messrs. Andrew H. Miller of the Owl Drug Co, Vic Hanny of
 Hanny's, Henry Myers of the New
 York store; Roy Murray of the Mo DOugall- -Cassou Co; ". B. Leecraft,
 of the Nickel store; Jack Rinehart of the Hub; N. P Nelson. of Nelson and White, and A Cannon of Goldberg Bros. Every candidate and her friends are invited to be present and
 hear the announcement of the win ners. This announcement will also be published in Tuesday mornings paper together with the complete vote standing of every candidate in the entire contest.
 A Literal Avalanche of Votes
 Since the last count a literal avail anch of votes has poured in each day and the final rush has been and will surely continue to be a big one right up to the closing minute. The uncertainty has surely stimulated every candidate to increase her vote- total by securing every subscription possible, for each has realized that her competitors were doing the very same thing. The battle of the bal lots has waged at a heart-breaking pace these last few days and many surprises will surely be sprung by some of the quiet but steady workers. Surprises Galore and Disappointments
 Of course, there will be surprises galore and disappOint ments when the result is announced Who knows how many dark hOrses,'' to use an apt political expression, may forge to the front as a result of the final hours of balloting today? Some fair con- teStant may lose the prize she has coveted by just a few votes and some may win by the same narrow mar gin. Every candid ate should do all in her power to add to her total of votes today, so that, if defeated, she will have no regrets over a failure to take advantage of an opportunity to win one of the ma gnificent awards. She should be able to say that she has done her very best and the re- suit was not her fault.
 Arizona's Greatest Contest
 Without a single exception The Republican contest has been the greatest ever attempted in this DOT tiOn of the state and has proved an unprecedented sue cess from the very first day. No similar campaign ever conducted in this pOrtiOn of the state by any neWspap CT has aroused greater public interes in the can- didat es, and each hats her special coter1e of friends andi acquaintances who are exerting every effort, as they have done throughout the con- test, to help her q uring these last few hours. Many ire going to reap the fruits of their we'll planned cam paigns and many are going to be surprised when they witness the work that is being done for them. As an example of this one man came into the office yesterday and paid up a tWo-year subscription for cer- tain candidate, 'I don't know her" tie said, but I have been watching the work she ha s been doing and she has acted as though she was in deepest earnest in her efforts, and l thought she mig ht want some help."