The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Capital Prize, Buick Touring
= Car, Won BY Mrs. Graham
BY Wide Margin rs
MRS. VAN AND MISS IER
BECOME OWNERS ~ FORD
Nearly $4,ON Prizes Given
Away By Pioneer in Seven
Weeks Campaign

The craftsmanship circulation cam
paign, which The Pioneer has been
conducting for the past seven weeks,
came to close Saturday night at 8
o'clock. No counts were made dur
inc the last four days, the contestants
dropping their. subscription records
into the ballot box which was placed
in the Northern National bank.
The members Of the advisory COM
mittee. which acted as judges to
count the ballots Saturday night, were
Earle A. Barker, A. V. Garlock and
George w. Rhea.
The ballot box was closed promptly
at 8 o'clock and the counting OF the
ballots started INN ediately. 1t was
about $3.50 o'clock when the judges
completed the counting and an
nounceds that Fred Graham had
won the grand capital price, Buick-4
touring car, by a lead OF almost A.,
100000 credits, she having obtained
8,O49,775 credits. In district NO.
the first prize was won by Mrs. Dot
Van, who secured 4,O84,880 credits,
thereby winning the Ford touring
car. Mrs. D. T. Van Arnun1 was sec
ond in the district with 836, 7O1 cred
its, and was awarded $3.50 Victrola.
TO Hud. -Britten was awarded the
2.OOO-mile rail trip, and P. z. Brown
became the owner of a $50 gold
watch. Miss Rose Schmitt received
a 3-A Kodak for her efforts, and
Charles Parker a cameo brooch pin.
In district No..2, Miss Marie Rider
of ,Shevlin captured the first prize, a
Ford touring car, having received ~
10000 credits. Peter Graves OF
Redby won the $3.50 Columbia phono-
GRAPH with 100000 credits and Mrs.
Cora Frederickson of Solway was
awarded the 2,O0O-mile rail trip. Miss
Naomi. Blakelytof Farley received the
S35 gold watch and Miss Olivia Roy
of Island Lake a ga Kodak. Mrs.
John Noel and Mrs. B.. B. Bardwell
were each given cameo brooch pin.
The competition was keen between
several of the contestants up to the
last day.. This was particularly true
in connection with the capital prize.
Mrs. Graham's spectacular jump dur
ing the last week Of the contest put
her far in the lead at the close Of the
contest Splendid work was done by
the contestants. In the case Of the
majority it was hard, steady, con-
scientious work right up to the last
minute. The workers in district No.
g. which consisted Of the rural com
munities, did some hard work. A.
though starting a little late IN the
contest, Miss Rider of Shevlin soon
evened up with the other contestants,
and, by means Of exceptional work,
came out over 100000 above her
nearest competitor. Peter Graves
and Mrs. Cora Frederickson were
close contestants for the second prize
in district No. 2, the former secur-
ing 100000 credits and the latter
S9O,275. 80. =,
Taking everything into consldera-
ton, the campaign was a most sue
cessful one. The best of feeling was
maintained throughout the entire
contest between the various con-
testants and splendid healthy spirit
of rivalry was evidenced from start
to finish. &
. That The Pioneer is the most popu--
lar paper within the wide range OF
it's circulation was evidenced by the
many favorable remarks made to the
.. contestants when securing their sub
scriptions or renewals to the paper.