Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-15
WINNERS IN BEE CONTEST
Lucky People Who Draw Tickets to
the Panama Exposition.
MISS WATTS LEADS FIELD
Keen Interest i'm the Trials for votes
by saving Coupons from Mer-
chants Cash Registers
for Year.

Tor ~ Y ehEs
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The linton Pacific as a part OF its agree
ment. was 70 furnish TO the three winners
in the contest round trim tickets to the
Pacific coast expositons In addition,
The Bee agreed to add enough cash to
the cost Of the tickets, 50 that each win
ner would have what would be equal
TO $500
Constant Struggle.
with these UNDERSTANDINGS and agree
ments. the contest was launched ana
crom the very start it was a constant
! struggle to see who would win. There
! were sixty-six persons in Omaha and
| elsewhere who entered the contest.
Almost from the first day Of the con-
test Miss Watts took the lead and held
1t to the end. Friends everywhere worked
/ for her and time and again. men, women
ana children came TO The Bee business
! office, bringing in their receipted bills
/ and casting their votes for her as their
choice
| For a long time after the contest
/ started, Miss Pinney was second, but
/ during the last few weeks of the voting.
Charles Hall. who practically all the
/ time prior to this had been third In the
race. forged ahead He took second place
and held It to the finish.
1t Is interesting to note that in the final
count Miss Watts had 4,OO2 953 votes, Mr..
Hall S,si3662 and Miss Pinney 3717,352,
thus indicating that the leaders were
really all in a bunch.
Close to the winners.
There was still another contestant, Mrs.
Emma Perry. who all the time kept the
three leaders scared. for at the close of
: the contest she rounded under the wire
/ with 2,ss5.s75 votes TO her credit The
competitor nearest to her had less than
! 800 coo votes
( The last hour of the contest was prob
] ably the most exciting of any. for during
this time thousands Of votes were turned
/ in. but they were not for dark horses. as
/ had been feared that they might be. In
: stead they were mostly for the leaders.
( At no time during the year that the
contest was being waged was there any
III feeling among the contestants. They
we're all urging their friends to trade with
the merchants who were in the contest
and all the time they were busy saving
tnelf Ie1elDleu DltlS anu uTBinb AlltlI
friends to do the same
In its contract with the Union Pacific.
The Bee turns over to Miss Watts, Mr..
Hall and Miss Pinney three fully paid.
first-class round trip tickets. They viii
be good at any time between March I
and November 80 OF next year. The only
condition required by the railroad cont
pany is that they shall be used between
these dates. They will enable the holders
to travel first class and on any but the
limited trains, with such stopoffs as may
he designated later when the Union Pa
cific completes its exposition schedule.
+, These tickets will not only take the
holders TO San Francisco, but they will
be good to as far south as San Diego
thus enabling the three On1ahens TO visit
the exposition there II they so desire.
All Expenses Paid.
with $50 placed as the cost of the
tickets each OF the three winners In the
contest will have an even $50 for eX-
penses, and with this sum any person who
is not too extravagant can do the exposi.
ton In good style. The sleeping car fare
and the meals en- route to the coast and
return will, of course, have to be first
considered. The standard sleeper fare IL
81 each way, or a total of 500. II II Il
desired to economic a little, n tourist
may be taken, and by the way. those
operated by the Union Pacific are first
class On them tho berth rate is $5.75 each
way. Then there are the meals, all oil
which are a-la-carte. An even dollar will
buy a meal good enough for anybody and
enough can be secured for 50 cents.
II will take three days going and three
coming. Suppose 81 meals are eaten and
there are three of them per day the en-.
tire bill for meals will be but SIS Add
this to 500. the highest price for sleeper
and then add the $50 for railroad fare and
YOU will find the total is $50. This leaves
$40 for expenses while on the coast and
for seeing the exposition.
Suppose the winners IN The Bees con.
test wanted TO stay on the coast ten DAYS
each would have money enough out OF
the winnings so that so per day might bs
spent and each each have $40 left. Or
cut the expenses 10 s. a day, which (,
nearer what they would be. each one oil
the parties could remain twenty DAYS
which would probably be long enough
though OF course II would be impossible
TO see everything in connection with tn,
exposition in this length OF time Too. II
would be impossible TO see all II one re,
manned a year for there would be new
things developing along new lines over,
day.
At anv rate, for the three persons who
were winners in the contest that wat
inaugurated bv The Bee. the Omaha mer.
chants and the Union Pacific, the trip,
are 70 be glorious ones and each all arr
assured n pleasant outing. a safe journey
and the best OF accommodate lions, at Ieast
while they are on the trains