Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-20
ALTA RITTER IS SWEEPSTAKES
 WINNER
(From Sundays Daily)

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 l00 Baby Ritter is from Kirdant The contestant scoring next 'hig T mark was Genevicve Tanner, ( , Prescott, with 99 points to her credi The prettiest baby was Patsy Mel
 ritt of this city. Elizabeth McAlul
 len, of Prescott, was adjudged nex best looking.
 Sweepstakes: Alta Rose Ritter Kirkland, 99.8
 Class 1, six to twelve months
 Alta Rose Ritter, 998, first. Alfrc,
 William Prince, Jerome, 988, second
 Class 2 twelve months to twenty
 four months: Ruth Francis Powers ! Prescott, 987, first. John Rober l Howell, Dewey, 984, second.
 Class 3, twenty-four to thirty-si,
 months: Genevieve Tanner, Pres Icott, 99, first Elizabeth McNIul1er
 and Enid Marvelee Oliver tying foi second place with score of 98.- each.
 Best improvement over last years score: Lester Ward Ruffner, Pres cott; score 97.
 Drs. Alice, Ide and Allen in charge | of the judging complimented the management of Alfred B. Carr, sup Ierintendent of the Better Babies de- Ipartment, and his assistant, Miss Or Ipha Lorbeer, who is nurse of the city schools. Registration under the iCapable direction of Misses Douglas land Beaver. and the recording of points by the Misses Hopkins, Law renee, Kaemmer, Hunter Cahill, and .Bitner, all teachers of the city school received high praise from the parents of the contestants and those in charge of the department High praise was given to the capa- bility of the nurses from the bar r7cks whp assisted, Miss Smith and Miss Walsh.
 The following babies were entered in the contest:
 Better babies and "still better" Judges, nurses and their assistants were busy receiving, registering and recording the score of the seventy entries in this department The spe- cialists from the United States Pub lie Health Service Hospital, No. 50, were in attendance as was Alfred B Carr whose efforts resulted in what promises to be the most successful Better Babies contest ever staged at the Northern Arizona State Fair
 Today it will be known what proud parents possess the Thigh score" child, and the contest will continue with educational value be- tween the other papas and mammas thus fixing in the minds of those who entered the babies, points of care and methods of promoting nat ural, hea1thfu1 development that will well repay the bringing of the little ones to the grounds.
 Entered from this city were: Woodrow Norma Irwin, Edward Al Ian Irwin, Fontella Tanner, Marcia Mary Payne, Robert Stone Barrett, John R. Jordan, IT,, Boyd Sanders, Robert B. Madrid, Edna May Wright, William LcRoy Hagard, Enid Mar vellce Oliver, Peter Paul Costing, John Curtis Orthell, May Evelyn Jones, Mary Rose Schlcisman, Georgia Anna Moflar, Jennie Rose King, Gencvievc Tanner, Floyd Theobald, IT,, Zane Mary Finn, Marjorie Mary Travis, Robert Frank lin Crosc, Patsy Merritt, Fay Ross Boblett Lester Ward Rufncr, Nor man Tucker, IT,, Gloria Fay Crum- mey, Elizabeth McMu1len, Sarah Elizabeth Hayes, Robert Axton Dickinson, Craig Warren Sullivan, Dortla Carral Marshal, Ruth Fran cis Powers. Florence Margaret Gum, Thclma Danlcy, Ella Waristo Ehlc and Myrtle Mary Brannan
 From Flagstaff Robert Marion Perkins and Georgia Vega.
 From Venezia Charles Louis Bones.
 From Cherry; Thelma Alice Will son.
 From Jerome Junction, Gail Arti- mus Millett, Roy John Rodgers and Leslie Byron George.
 From Dewey; John Robert How ell, IT,, and Robert Stanley Groves. l.
 From Kirkland: Alta Rose Ritter. :.
 From Clarkdale: Alberta Villare- nor, Donald Leeie1d, and Pauline Isabella Carlson.
 From Groom Creek: Claricc Ber- nice Lyons.
 From Camp Verde: Charles Gran vile Morris.
 From Stoddard: Helene Adair Wilson.
 From Clemenceau: Alfred Ge1ma.
 From Nutrioso: Ernest Hubert Burke
 From Oatman: Anatola Galasso.
 From Cliffs: Lusita Adams.
 From Jerome: Alfgrcd William Prince, Barbara Janet Parker and Mary Martha Mitchell
 Tr and Mrs w Wilson who