Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-06
WILL BE HNPORTANTEST
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(From Saturdays dai1vl

J
 Believing that the babies of North , Iern represent the chief products O
 the north, better babies contest i.
 iheld at the Northern Arizona State
 Fair, under the rules of the American
 Medical Assoc1ation. Their standard score card is used and an exact copy
 is mailed to the parents, after com
 plcting the judging. Competent doc
 tors and nurses are ill charge and all Judging and handling of the babies IS done under the most sanitary condi-
 tions possible. As the time for exam Iination is limited, only 60 babies can be judged, so mothers desiring to
 take advantage of this splendid oppor-
 tunty to learn just how their babies
 are developing should take immedi- ate advantage of this contest and write to the superintendent at Pres colt, asking that their baby be en- tered. .
 There are three classes. Class one embraces boys and girls from six to twelve months. Class two. thirteen months to twenty-four months, both boys and girls Class three, 25 months to 36 months, boys and girls. This contest is therefore open to all babies in northern Arizona between the ages of six months and thirty-six months. Entry blanks will be mailet upon request. Appointments for ex- animation will be made in the order in which applications are received, | and if not kept will be forfeited. Be fore the contest opens, notice of date and hour of appointment for cxamina- ton will be mailed in ample time. All questions on blanks submitted to par ents must be answered. No child sui .ering from any acute, constitutional or contagious disease may be entered The examinations will begin at 9:30 on the morning of Oct. II, at the Bapj pavilion. Awards will be made on Oct 16, at 2:3O o'clock, in front of he grandstand
 The following prizes will be award d in all classes: Sweepstakes. beau -iful silver loving cup First prize, lative silver loving cup, boy or girl. ,lass one, by Alfred B. Carr; first prize, native copper loving cup, boy or girl in class two, by LeRoy Ander- son; first prize, native copper loving up, boy or girl in class three, by the Northern Arizona State Fair Asso- ,iation; second prize, baby set, knife, ork and spoon, boy or girl in class )ne, by Q. A. Hesla Company; baby iress, class two, by Bashford-Bur- mister Company; three artists proofs, 1 ,oy or girl, class three, by T. H. Bate. A very beautiful and appropriate spe- ,ial prize for the prettiest baby will ,e awarded by Mrs. R. N Fredericks.
 The Yayapai County Medical Asso- :iation offers a silver cup to the baby howing the best gain over its previ- 'us years scoring
 All babies entered in the contest will be eligible to the Prcttiest Baby Contest, and it will again be decided 5y the mothers of the contestants, 'y using the Australian ballot, vot- ug for three best choices; first ,hoicc will receive five points, sec md four points and third three points. The baby receiving the most points on he ballot shall be considered the ,hoicc oi the mothers as the pretticst )aby in the 1920 contest
 Mothers and fathers should re- member that this is not d baby show. 1t is d scientific contest, conducted for he purpose of cnIighlening parents IS to the development, mentally and of their children It is an seldom given in sec ion as small as this, to have the ba- pies examined and reported direct to the parents. The contest is open to all babies in Northern Arizona.